Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 11:02:52 -0700 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Jim Stapleton <stapleton.41@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ntpd - I'm sure I'm setting it up wrong, but I can't figure out how. Message-ID: <FD7CA713-CF49-4DD5-9B54-951CBE372584@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <80f4f2b20805261002x3a875b36s88dc1ea4b38bca87@mail.gmail.com> References: <80f4f2b20805261002x3a875b36s88dc1ea4b38bca87@mail.gmail.com>
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On May 26, 2008, at 10:02 AM, Jim Stapleton wrote: > I'm trying to run ntpd to auto-update my computer's time (since I'm > not supposed to use ntpdate). > > /etc/ntp.conf (I've tried without the restrict line): > ======================================== > server sushi.lyon.edu > restrict default ignore > driftfile /var/db/ntp.drift > ======================================== Your configuration is blocking all NTP traffic and commands, even from localhost. See: http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Support/AccessRestrictions#Section_6.5.1.2.1 . You also want to configure at least 4 timeservers if you want to get reliable "falseticker" detection; see: http://www.pool.ntp.org/use.html > I have tried this command (with and without the -g), with no success. > If I don't have an /etc/ntp.conf, it complains, and it stops > complaining when I put /etc/ntp.conf back where it belongs: > $ sudo /usr/sbin/ntpd -q -g -f /var/db/ntpd.drift -l /var/log/ > ntpd.log The system knows how to do this: echo 'ntpd_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf /etc/rc.d/ntpd start # or restart, perhaps -- -Chuck
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