On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 09:14 -0400, Steve wrote: > ---- michael <cs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > It seems my clock is losing time but yet I have 'enable Network Time > > Protocol' enabled and set to a local time machine. If I > > > > sudo /etc/init.d/ntpd stop > > sudo /usr/sbin/ntpdate 130.88.200.6 > > > > then it resets it to the correct time, so how come it's losing time? > > > > I was expecting to see stats in /var/log/ntpstats (as per my Debian box) > > but that dir doesn't exist on this Fed box... > > > > Any ideas folks? Ta, M > > Check the options in your ntpd command. From the man page: > -s statsdir > Specify the directory path for files created by the statistics facility. This is the same operation as the statsdir statsdir configuration command. > > In my F9 setup, ntpd runs like this: > # ps -ef | grep ntpd > ntp 3350 1 0 08:59 ? 00:00:00 ntpd -u ntp:ntp -p /var/run/ntpd.pid -g > > ie no -s option do I don't see any stats in /var/log/ntpstats either. You can change the options by editing /etc/sysconfig/ntpd I don't see '-s' when do that cmd on my Debian box but that does still create the ntp stats... > While ntpd is running, try ntpq -p from the command line which should tell you which peers ntp is talking to or maybe not talking to. > strange: mkb@veri:~$ sudo su [root@veri mkb]# /usr/sbin/ntpq -p /usr/sbin/ntpq: read: Connection refused > HTH, > Steve > > PS. > > sudo /etc/init.d/ntpd stop > > sudo /usr/sbin/ntpdate 130.88.200.6 > You did retstart ntpd, righ? -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
