ntpd setup - permission denied on all public ntp-servers

[Sean O'Neill]

At 07:35 PM 4/28/2003 +0200, Nakal wrote:

>I have read the FreeBSD handbook and tried to setup ntpd on my PC to have an
>accurate time. I checked the list of public ntp servers and configured
>ntp.conf like this:
>
>server ptbtime1.ptb.de iburst
>server ptbtime2.ptb.de iburst
>
>driftfile       /etc/ntp.drift
>restrict default ignore
>
>
>Then I wanted to run 'ntpd -ddd -q' from the commandline. The command never
>finishes to run (e.a. is not successful). And I get the following output in
>my /var/log/messages:
>
>Apr 28 18:39:40 myhost ntpd_initres[1714]: server returns a permission denied
>error

Even though the servers you are hitting are public servers, they may 
require you to "register" with them some how.  It generally consider rude 
to simply pull an NTP feed from a server without first contacting the admin 
and letting them know your intent - but not always - some places don't care 
but these are few.

I'm using two "public" NTP servers here in the US.  One just wanted an 
email indicating I was pulling the feed.  On the other, the admin had to 
get my email and then change his config to allow me to pull the feed.


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Sean O'Neill