Paul Howarth wrote:
Bob Goodwin wrote:
I never had this problem until a few days ago when ntpq quit working.:
# ntpq -p Name or service not known
What service does it mean, "ntpq?"
I don't know what I did, if anything, to cause this? I made no changes intended for ntp.
Any help appreciated.
Does your /etc/hosts file include an entry for "localhost", and does your /etc/services file include these entries?:
ntp 123/tcp ntp 123/udp # Network Time Protocol
Paul.
Bingo, that was the problem!
# cat /etc/hosts # Do not remove the following line, or various programs # that require network functionality will fail. 10.1.1.1 box1 box1 10.1.1.2 box2 box2
Changed to:
# cat /etc/hosts # Do not remove the following line, or various programs # that require network functionality will fail.
127.0.0.1 box1 localhost.localdomain localhost 10.1.1.1 box1 box1 10.1.1.2 box2 box2
And now when I run my script to correct the time: # ./tsync Shutting down ntpd: [ OK ] ntpd: Synchronizing with time server: [ OK ] Starting ntpd: [ OK ]
Mon Mar 21 09:34:41 EST 2005
ntpq -p
remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter
==============================================================================
ntp-1.cns.vt.ed 198.82.247.40 2 u 4 64 1 137.031 2.686 0.002
ntp-4.cns.vt.ed 198.82.247.40 2 u 3 64 1 137.576 1.375 0.002
clock2.redhat.c .CDMA. 1 u 2 64 1 157.490 0.625 0.002
This is not the first time I've had a problem with /etc/hosts, both FC2 and FC3 on two different computers here. I connect to ATT dial up using "network device control," [I'm in a rural area and there's no high speed service available yet] if I click on configure [usually by accident] and mess with settings it re-creates /etc/hosts/ without the required first line! Something wrong there it seems?
Usually it causes the boot process to stop for a minute or so on "sendmail" and I know what to fix, not so this time? I shut the computer off the last few nights and rebooed in the morning without any indication of that problem. Just when I think I know something it turns out to be wrong!
/etc/services looks good ...
nntp 119/tcp readnews untp # USENET News Transfer Protocol
nntp 119/udp readnews untp # USENET News Transfer Protocol
Thanks for the help.
Bob Goodwin
