> 22 Oct 10:23:55 ntpdate[6884]: no servers can be used, exiting
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
That is a hint. ntpdate can't find any servers. That can be either
because no servers are listed in /etc/ntp/step-tickers or because they
are down or blocked by a firewall.
My firewall is letting every thing in and out on port 123, and I have
servers inb the step-tickers file.
Here is the output from the trace and ntpq comands:
[root@localhost ~]# ntptrace
localhost: stratum 16, offset 0.000000, synch distance 0.006015
[root@localhost ~]# ntpq -p
remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter
==============================================================================
mu-relay1.masse 192.5.41.40 2 u 16 64 177 170.570 -798.72 12760.3
ns1.compass.net 128.250.36.3 2 u 14 64 177 112.739 -13008. 7668.06
cobol.appello.n 128.250.37.2 2 u 14 64 177 162.234 -897.55 11922.0
ntp.thistledown .GPS. 1 u 19 64 177 203.800 -3927.4 9253.24
gen2.ihug.co.nz 130.217.76.49 2 u 14 64 177 140.795 -7057.9 7349.37
[root@localhost ~]# ntpdate
23 Oct 06:15:35 ntpdate[3869]: no servers can be used, exiting
One thing I have noticed is the reach value is different every time I run ntpq.
--
Rob
