I was able to get ntpdate to run manually but it only seems to work if I open up 123 udp on my firewall. I modified the ntpdate init.d script to remove the -u option which seemed to help when I run that. But like you said shouldn't i be able to run this with the default debian install and more importantly without opening ports? thanks -ryan
> On Tue, Feb 24, 2004 at 12:21:25PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I am running woody with a stable/testing mix. I installed ntp using: >> apt-get install ntp-simple ntpdate >> I configured three servers from the ntp public server website here is an >> excerpt from my /etc/ntp.conf: >> server 209.81.9.7 >> server 136.159.2.254 >> server 128.233.3.101 >> >> when I run ntpdate I get this >> #ntpdate >> 24 Feb 12:19:21 ntpdate[14759]: no servers can be used, exiting >> >> when I run ntptimeset i get this: >> # ntptimeset >> No response from any of 4 servers, network problem? >> No servers available to sync time with >> >> I get no logs at all. What would the problem be? Do I need to open >> some >> port or something? I would think I would just act as a client and would >> thus need no hole opened in my firewall. > > Correct, you don't need to mess with your firewall. > > As I understand the man page for ntpdate it doesn't use /etc/ntp.conf. > You have to pass it the server addresses as command line arguments, or > specify a file from which it can read them by means of the -s > parameter. So "ntpdate -s /etc/ntp.conf" ought to work. > > Dunno about ntptimeset, never used it. Perhaps > "ntptimeset -c /etc/ntp.conf". > > -- > Pigeon > > Be kind to pigeons > Get my GPG key here: > http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x21C61F7F > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
