Hi, I'm trying to configure NTP on several Red Hat Linux boxes without any success. I'm including some information about the configurations I'm working on. How to configure a Red Hat Linux box as an NTP server?......... Does anyone has any idea of what might be wrong?.... Thanks. The IP address of my NTP server is 20.0.0.1. The configuration I have on the server ntp.conf file is: server 127.127.1.0 fudge 127.127.1.0 stratum 0 authenticate no The configuration I have on the clients ntp.conf file is: server 20.0.0.1 authenticate no On the other hand the ntpd daemon on the server seem to be working ok. When I do a ntptrace on the server this is what I get: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- [root@localhost root]# ntptrace localhost.localdomain: stratum 1, offset 0.000074, synch distance 0.01485, refid 'LCL' [root@localhost root]# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- When I run a ntpdate from any client this is what I get: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- [root@localhost log]# ntpdate -b -v -d -u 20.0.0.1 23 May 12:03:05 ntpdate[15169]: ntpdate 4.1.0 Wed Sep 5 06:54:31 EDT 2001 (1) transmit(20.0.0.1) transmit(20.0.0.1) transmit(20.0.0.1) transmit(20.0.0.1) transmit(20.0.0.1) server 20.0.0.1, port 123 stratum 0, precision 0, leap 00, trust 000 refid [0.0.0.0], delay 0.00000, dispersion 64.00000 transmitted 4, in filter 4 reference time: 00000000.00000000 Thu, Feb 7 2036 6:28:16.000 originate timestamp: 00000000.00000000 Thu, Feb 7 2036 6:28:16.000 transmit timestamp: c0974aec.ae66dbd7 Thu, May 23 2002 12:03:08.681 filter delay: 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 filter offset: 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 delay 0.00000, dispersion 64.00000 offset 0.000000 23 May 12:03:09 ntpdate[15169]: no server suitable for synchronization found [root@localhost log]# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Finally if I start up the ntpd daemon on any client and run the commands "ech rv | ntp" and ntpq -p this is what I get: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- [root@localhost log]# echo rv | ntpq status=c011 sync_alarm, sync_unspec, 1 event, event_restart, version="ntpd 4.1.0 Wed Sep 5 06:54:30 EDT 2001 (1)", processor="i686", system="Linux2.4.7-10", leap=11, stratum=16, precision=-16, rootdelay=0.000, rootdispersion=6.720, peer=0, refid=0.0.0.0, reftime=00000000.00000000 Thu, Feb 7 2036 6:28:16.000, poll=4, clock=c0974fd1.6db78cc9 Thu, May 23 2002 12:24:01.428, state=0, offset=0.000, frequency=0.000, jitter=0.015, stability=0.000 [root@localhost log]# [root@localhost log]# ntpq -p remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter ============================================================================ == taplab 0.0.0.0 16 u - 64 0 0.000 0.000 4000.00 [root@localhost log]# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------- - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html