ntpd

[Jason Lixfeld]

kill ntpd, delete the drift file and restart.

On Feb 25, 2004, at 3:25 PM, Henning, Brian wrote:

> Chris,
>
> I am trying to use the same setup as you have to get ntpd working.
>
> touch /var/db/ntpd.drift
>
> In my rc.conf file I have to use the following
> xntpd_enable="YES"
> xntpd_program="/usr/sbin/ntpd"
> xntpd_flags="-c /etc/ntp.conf"
> xntpd_flags="-p /var/run/ntpd.pid -f /var/db/ntpd.drift"
>
>
> These didn't work for some reason.
> ntpd_enable="YES"
> ntpd_program="/usr/sbin/ntpd"
> ntpd_flags="-c /etc/ntp.conf"
> ntpd_flags="-p /var/run/ntpd.pid -f /var/db/ntpd.drift"
>
> I am able to get the server started but, I still get the two error
> messages in my log file.
> kernel time discipline status 2040
> Un-parsable frequency in /var/db/ntpd.drift
>
>
> Is this because I have to let the server sit for a couple of hours to
> sync with.
> server time.nist.gov
> server timekeeper.isi.edu
>
>
> When I type:
> ntpdate -u time.nist.gov  #my system clock is updated
>
> When I type:
> ntpdate time.nist.gov
> 25 Feb 14:22:32 ntpdate[254]: the NTP socket is in use, exiting
>
>
> Any thoughts,
>
> brian
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris [mailto:racerx at makeworld.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 12:40 PM
> To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: ntpd
>
>
> On Wednesday 25 February 2004 12:33 pm, Brian H wrote:
>> Greetings:
>> I am trying to setup my bsd box as a ntp server.
>> I basically want all machines on my local network to
>> sync times with this bsd time server. I start the server
>> with the command `ntpd -A -l /var/log/ntpd.log`. I verify that the
>> server is running with ps and `netstat -na | grep udp`, but when I
>> look in the logs i see the following
>>
>> /var/log/ntpd.log
>> ----
>> ntpd 4.1.0-a Mon Oct 27 14:55:18 GMT 2003 (1)
>> kernel time discipline status 2040
>> Un-parsable frequency in /etc/ntp.drift
>>
>>
>> Any thoughts on what I can do to get this server working. when i try
>> to sync from another machine on the network I get the following error:
>
>> no servers can be used, exiting.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Brian
>
> My /etc/rc.conf looks like this - Compare it to yours.
>
> ntpd_enable="YES"
> ntpd_program="/usr/sbin/ntpd"
> ntpd_flags="-c /etc/ntp.conf"
> ntpd_flags="-p /var/run/ntpd.pid -f /var/db/ntpd.drift"
>
>
> Perhaps touch ntpd.drift in /var/db/ ?
>
> -- 
> Best regards,
> Chris
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