To add multiple servers, do I add multiple "server <server>" lines, or do I delimit them somehow, like with a comma or something? I synched my system clock to make sure. Will have to see on next reboot if this helps. I was changing settings to files in /etc/ntp, but never actually modified /etc/ntp.conf, so maybe that was my problem. Thanks for the help. Justin > > On Mon, 6 Jan 2003, Justin Johnson wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> After a new install, my computer fails to sync to the ntpd server >> (time.nist.gov). After booting up, if I configure it via gnome, it >> syncs fine and corrects my time, but after rebooting it errors upon >> sync again. Has anyone else had this problem? One thing I noticed is >> that it appears to change the server from time.nist.gov to my own IP >> when I reboot. Not sure why it is doing that. > > One thing to check is how far off your system time pre-sync is from the > current real time. If it's more than a couple of hours ntpd will assume > something has gone wrong with the network time and refuse to sync your > system, exiting instead. To set your hardware clock after you've > synchronized on network time do: > > /sbin/hwclock --systohc > > Also note that the ntp people prefer you to use a stratum-2 or stratum-3 > server, not a stratum-1 server like time.nist.gov. The load on > stratum-1 is already extraordinarily high keeping the other strata in > sync, so the added load of workstations that could use a lower stratum > should be avoided. Pick 5 - 10 servers from this list: > > http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/clock2.html > > and put them in your ntp.conf file. Ntpd will handle finding the best > timesource to synchronize against, and you'll minimize the load on the > core of the NTP network. > > -- > Michael D. Jurney > mike@jurney.org > > > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > Psyche-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
