On Friday 09 December 2005 03:35 pm, Paul Smith wrote: > On 12/9/05, Terry Polzin <fox3ec208@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > Is there some gui for configuring NTP? > > > > > > > > > > /usr/bin/system-config-time > > > > > > > > Thanks, Terry. But getting > > > > > > > > # /sbin/service ntpd restart > > > > Shutting down ntpd: [ OK ] > > > > ntpd: Synchronizing with time server: [FAILED] > > > > Starting ntpd: [ OK ] > > > > # > > > > > > > > whatever server I choose. > > > > > > Is your iptables open for NTP? > > > I have this: > > > -A INPUT -s 66.187.233.4 -p udp -m udp --sport 123 --dport 123 -j > > > ACCEPT -A INPUT -s 66.187.224.4 -p udp -m udp --sport 123 --dport 123 > > > -j ACCEPT > > > > > > If you don't have something like that, try it, restart your iptables > > > and ntp, it works for me. > > > > Also, what do you have selected for a time server? Is it one in the same > > TZ and reasonably close by? > > Thanks to all. I do not think my firewall (shorewall) is the > responsible, as I have not changed anything related with it, and NTP > worked fine before. > > My TZ is "Europe mainland", the NTP server is clock.redhat.com, and > > # ntpstat > unsynchronised > time server re-starting > polling server every 64 s > # There in may lie the problem, I [think] clock.redhat.com is in UTC-5 TZ is there a university or other institution which may be running a time server in your TZ? It's generally a bad idea to try to sync to a time server outside your TZ.
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