Hi John: Thank you for your answer. Tried the restrict directive but still ntpd does not affect the machine time. To test it, I stop the ntpd service, set an invalid time in the machine and start the ntpd service again. The machine keeps the invalid time. I am able to sync the machine time using the "Time Server" option of the "time&date" module in "Webmin". So the problem is not the network, firewall or remote server. It seems I will have to spend the rest of the week reading the (extensive) ntp documentation :-(. El Mar 25 Feb 2003 21:33, John Kodis escribió: > On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 06:52:26PM -0400, Carlos A. Siso wrote: > > I have already installed & run the ntpd service, configuring the > > public server address in the /etc/ntp.conf file. The problem is that > > the ntpd service seems NOT to be affecting the local server time at > > all. > > I'd guess that you need to add a "restrict" directive, something > like: > > restrict 17.254.0.31 mask 255.255.255.255 nomodify notrap noquery > > ... except with the IP address changed to match the address of the > server that you're using. > > -- > John Kodis Goddard Space Flight Center > kodis@mail630.gsfc.nasa.gov Greenbelt, Maryland, USA > Phone: 301-286-7376 Fax: 301-286-1771 -- Carlos A. Siso -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list