On Mon, 12 Apr 2004, William Hooper wrote: > > >> Do you have ntpd running on the same machine you are trying to run the > >> ntpdate command on? > > > > Yep... > > > > ntp -U ntp -p /var/run/ntpd.pid -g > > > > is the daemon. > > ntp is using the NTP socket, therefore ntpdate can't. Use ntpdate before > starting the ntp daemon. I need to be clearer here. The primary machine in my office needs to be a time server, so that the other machines can use the sync program and "ping" to get the correct time from the primary machine. That is to say, it should not only be running NTP, but the other office machines should be able to get the correct time from it using the Redhat time "Date/Time properties" little program. It has a message on there that says "Enable Network Time Protocol", and then I use that to (try) to sync with my primary office machine. but the primary office machine refuses to accept it. I just use ntpdate via command mode to see if it is actually working properly from another machine. ******************************************************************************* Gilbert Sebenste ******** (My opinions only!) ****** Staff Meteorologist, Northern Illinois University **** E-mail: gilbert@xxxxxxx *** web: http://weather.admin.niu.edu ** Work phone: 815-753-5492 * *******************************************************************************
