> -----Original Message----- > From: christopher j bottaro > Subject: Re: ntp behind firewalls (need to open ports?) > > > thanks for your help, guys. i guess how i'm doing is it > fine. i have 2 computers behind my firewall/router that > are running ntp, but here's the prob. it takes less than > a day for them to drift apart (why are they drifting apart > in the first place?). once they are unsynced, kmail starts > crashing (its a known problem if it is being run off an nfs > share that has a different time than the local machine). > what can i do about that? where can i read up on how to > make one box sync with an external source, then all of my > other local boxes sync off that one?
I really have not followed this thread, but based on the above, it sounds like ntpd is not synchronizing with your defined stratum server. Couple of things to try: 1) Have you run "ntpq" to see if ntpd is synchronizing with your configured stratum server in /etc/ntp.conf? Type: ? -- for a full list of commands. peers is a good starting place. 2) ntpd should also log any problems in /var/log/messages. Ex: When my DSL line drops (or comes back up), ntpd will log a line similar to: ntpd[726]: Connection re-established to xx.xx.xx.xx ntpd[726]: synchronisation lost BTW: ON my redhat systems, the ntp documentation is located in /usr/share/doc/ntp* in html format. At least if ntp was loaded from an rpm. Steve Cowles -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@;redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
