Re: Problems with NTPD

[auto470779_(_at_)_hushmail_(_dot_)_com]

Yup, I'm getting the messages after a "touch /etc/ntp.drift"

On Mon, 06 Jan 2003 07:38:50 -0800 "Chavous P. Camp" <cpc_(_at_)_scconsultants_(_dot_)_net> wrote:
>Have you tried 
>rm -f /etc/ntp.drift;  touch /etc/ntp.drift
>
>?
>
>
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-misc_(_at_)_openbsd_(_dot_)_org [mailto:owner-misc_(_at_)_openbsd_(_dot_)_org] On 
>Behalf
>Of auto470779_(_at_)_hushmail_(_dot_)_com
>Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 10:31 AM
>To: misc_(_at_)_openbsd_(_dot_)_org
>Subject: Problems with NTPD
>
>
>Hi All, 
>
>I'm trying to set up an NTP server but am having a bit of problem 
>as I 
>do not seem to be able to get it to run as I daemon that I can point
>other workstations at.
>
>If any one can spot what I am doing wrong i'd love to know :)
>
>below is my ntp.conf and error logs, hopefully someone will be able 
>to 
>help.
>
>/etc/rc.conf contains:
>
>ntpdate_flags="ntp0.fau.de"
>ntpd=YES
>
>/etc/ntp.conf contains:
>
># File /etc/ntp.conf
># Localhost foo.bar.com
>#
>logfile /var/log/ntpd.log
>server tick.uh.edu
>server time.nist.gov
>server tick.usno.navy.mil
>driftfile /etc/ntp.drift
>
>/var/log/ntpd.log contains: 
>
> 6 Jan 15:24:57 ntpd[2615]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
> 6 Jan 15:26:29 ntpd[20212]: Un-parsable frequency in /etc/ntp.drift
>
>
>/etc/rc.local contains:
>
># run ntpdate prior to ntpd
>if [ $securelevel -le 1 -a X"${ntpdate_flags}" != X"NO" \
>    -a -x /usr/local/sbin/ntpdate ]; then
>        echo -n ' ntpdate'
>        /usr/local/sbin/ntpdate -b ${ntpdate_flags} >/dev/null
>fi
>
>if [ X"${ntpd}" == X"YES" -a -x /usr/local/sbin/ntpd \
>    -a -e /etc/ntp.conf ]; then
>       echo -n ' ntpd';       /usr/local/sbin/ntpd -p /var/run/ntpd.pid
>fi
>
>Many thanks




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