hi there,

i'm trying to get a NTP server working on RHEL4, this is my /etc/ntp.conf file

restrict default ignore
restrict 66.187.233.4 mask 255.255.255.255 nomodify notrap noquery
restrict 127.0.0.1
restrict 192.168.0.0 mask 255.255.254.0
restrict 192.168.100.0 mask 255.255.255.0
server 66.187.233.4
server clock2.redhat.com
fudge 127.127.1.0 stratum 10
logfile /var/log/ntp
driftfile /var/lib/ntp/drift
broadcastdelay 0.008
keys /etc/ntp/keys

when i started it, the service seams to start without issue but then i go to my test machine and type in

ntpdate 192.168.0.254

and i get this

[root@fedora ~]# ntpdate 192.168.0.254
28 Feb 11:03:17 ntpdate[31721]: adjust time server 192.168.0.254 offset 0.000073 sec


can someone tell me what i'm doing wrong?

What does the logfile say? BTW, I don't see an error, it looks like it's successfully setting the time and showing you the offset it corrected, but I assume this is not what's happening.

Cool

this is the log file

24 Feb 16:27:36 ntpd[28844]: frequency initialized -71.792 PPM from /var/lib/ntp/drift
24 Feb 16:27:52 ntpd[28844]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
24 Feb 16:27:52 ntpd[28927]: frequency initialized -71.792 PPM from /var/lib/ntp/drift
24 Feb 16:28:12 ntpd[28927]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
24 Feb 16:28:12 ntpd[29034]: frequency initialized -71.792 PPM from /var/lib/ntp/drift
24 Feb 16:32:31 ntpd[29034]: synchronized to 66.187.233.4, stratum 1
24 Feb 16:32:31 ntpd[29034]: kernel time sync disabled 0041
24 Feb 16:37:57 ntpd[29034]: kernel time sync enabled 0001
25 Feb 13:27:14 ntpd[29034]: time reset -0.168676 s
25 Feb 13:32:36 ntpd[29034]: synchronized to 66.187.233.4, stratum 1
25 Feb 13:32:36 ntpd[29034]: time reset +0.208781 s
25 Feb 13:39:03 ntpd[29034]: synchronized to 66.187.233.4, stratum 1
27 Feb 19:42:40 ntpd[29034]: time reset +0.141106 s
27 Feb 19:48:03 ntpd[29034]: synchronized to 66.187.233.4, stratum 1
27 Feb 19:48:03 ntpd[29034]: time reset -0.213897 s
27 Feb 19:55:33 ntpd[29034]: synchronized to 66.187.233.4, stratum 1
28 Feb 11:55:46 ntpd[29034]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
28 Feb 11:55:47 ntpd[10733]: frequency initialized -71.390 PPM from /var/lib/ntp/drift

and your right i posted the wrong information before, this is the command output

[root@fedora /]# ntpdate 192.168.0.254
28 Feb 11:57:50 ntpdate[31763]: no server suitable for synchronization found

Try commenting out your fudge line (it's givnig your loopback address a higher priority than the external NTP servers) and see if there is any change (after restarting the NTP server).

Cool