ntp problem

[Peter Boosten]

Lisa Casey wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 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?
> 
> Lisa Casey

/etc/ntp.conf is for ntpd

Peter

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