Re: ntp problems

[Andrew Basterfield <bob@cemetery.homeunix.org>]

On Mon, 2 Dec 2002 23:35:32 +1100
"Oliver Bode" <oliver@x509security.com> wrote:

> "The peer is discarded as unreachable, synchronized to this server
> (synch loop) or outrageous synchronization distance", however I found
> it odd that the same peer could use ntpdate successfully.

ntpd won't synchronise if the date is too far out (outrageous
synchronisation distance). You are supposed to use ntpdate (like rdate)
to bring the date into the ballpark and then run ntpd to keep it in sync
after that.

--Andrew

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