ntp problem

[Frederique Rijsdijk]

Lisa Casey wrote:
> Running FreeBSD 5.3  IN /etc/ntp.conf I have:
>
> server time.nist.gov prefer
> server tock.gpsclock.com
> driftfile /etc/ntp.drift
> logfile /var/log/ntp.log
>
> If I run ntpdate from a prompt, I get the following  error message:
>
> # ntpdate
> 20 Apr 12:02:08 ntpdate[50109]: no servers can be used, exiting
>
> But if I type:
>
> ntpdate time.nist.gov   it will update the time. Is there something wrong with my /etc/ntp.conf file?
>
>   


Give it some time (15-20 minutes or so). It will start to work like magic.


-- Frederique