I think I have another solution, and an explanation. ntpdate -u tells it to use an unprivileged port. The man page notes that -d (debug) always uses an unprivileged port, and I guess -q (query) does also.
So I expect I can close the port and use -u instead. On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 10:26:16PM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote: > Thanks. Opening up the port was exactly what I needed. > > Odd that query doesn't require the port, but actually setting the time does. > > On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 02:17:11PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 10:58:21AM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote: > > > I installed ntpdate and can get the time when I query, but any time I > > > try to set the time I get the error > > > 20 Apr 10:45:07 ntpdate[13883]: no server suitable for synchronization > > > found > > > > > > Does anyone have any suggestions how to get this to work? Possibly > > > relevant facts: Debian woody, 2.4.2 kernel, iptables firewalling, my > > > system clock is set to local time (I dual boot with other OSs), and > > > I'm pretty sure my startup and shutdown routines sync with the > > > hardware clock. I was running as root, using a dialup connection. > > > > if your firewalling you need to open udp port 123 to incoming > > connections. even for ntpdate in my experience. > > > > -- > > Ethan Benson > > http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
