ntpd

[Stari Karp]

On Sat, 2016-10-22 at 19:32 -0400, Jon Radel wrote:
> On 10/22/16 6:23 PM, Stari Karp wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Oct 22 18:10:49 osolemio ntpd[926]: ntpd 4.2.8p8-a (1): Starting
> > Oct 22 18:10:49 osolemio ntpd[927]: format error frequency file
> > /var/db/ntpd.drift
> What happens if you move the ntpd.drift file aside, and restart ntpd?
> It should create a new file, although you may have to wait on order
> of
> an hour for that to happen.  Comparing the format of the files might
> make clearer what went wrong.
> 
> Possibly, you've simply ended up with an empty drift file and need to
> wait long enough for it to be populated with real data.
> 
> In any case, you don't need a ntpd.drift when you start, it simply
> speeds up the process of ntpd determining the clock drift for your
> specific hardware upon subsequent reboots.  If it breaks upon major
> upgrade, you can simply delete the file and have ntpd recreate it,
> though I've never heard of an upgrade breaking the file.  Usually
> this
> is due to people manually creating the file and/or having directory
> write permissions that keep ntpd from writing a file with real data.
> 
> Is this a fresh install of 11.0 p1?  You really don't give us much to
> go on.
> 
> 

Thank you. I didn't restart yet but ntpd.drift is updated. And I
upgraded to 11.0 from 10.3 Release.