ntptrace

[Guest ump]

I ran ntptrace to see what timeserver I was using all i get back is my internet provider and it tomeout I ran ntpq -p to check what backup timeservers I could use but I don't get any

 

So how do I set one up to use

 

I did man ntptrace and man ntpq but there is no entry.

 

When I first installed MDK 9.0 it asked if I wanted to use a time server to keep my computer in sync I chose yes and it seem to set it up just trying to confirm it's still working.

[Steve Scrimpshire]

I'm not exactly sure how to do it manually, but if you install wizdrake, wizard and wizards_lib-time you can set up the ntp server in mcc (Mandrake Control Center) easily.

[Guest ump]

Not sure where you are referring to hav enever seen any mention of this in MCC.

 

Will try to locate wizdrake when I get home

[b]

Hi

Dont know anything about a mcc wizard setup.

 

On a 8.1 machine in /etc/ncp.conf

I have

...

# Public Canadian meteorological ... at Dorval, Québec, Canada

server ntp1.cmc.ec.gc.ca

(and that is it for setup)

 

I found the public time server reading:

http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/servers.html

then

http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/clock2a.html

(probably some public ones in there closer to you)

 

service ntpd.../chkconfig.../wizard... to taste.

 

The 8.1 setup does a ntpdate ... to sync gross time differences

before launching the ntpd daemon.

 

The other machine not mandrake I manually launch ntpdate... before

launching the daemon(about same setup as 8.1).

 

Have not tried yet syncing second machine from other syncing on

public web time server.

[Guest monkey2]

My system clock is very fast, eg in a 24 hour period it will be 2 hours ahead of any other clock. So I installed ntp through mcc .

It seems to run fine, however it doesn't seem to maintain my clock

to the correct time.

 

my ntp.conf looks like :

 

server time.optusnet.com.au

#server 127.127.1.0 # local clock

#fudge 127.127.1.0 stratum 10

 

server ntp.adelaide.edu.au

 

#

# Drift file. Put this in a directory which the daemon can write to.

# No symbolic links allowed, either, since the daemon updates the file

# by creating a temporary in the same directory and then rename()'ing

# it to the file.

#

driftfile /etc/ntp/drift

multicastclient # listen on default 224.0.1.1

broadcastdelay 0.008

 

#

# Authentication delay. If you use, or plan to use someday, the

# authentication facility you should make the programs in the auth_stuff

# directory and figure out what this number should be on your machine.

#

authenticate no

 

#

# Keys file. If you want to diddle your server at run time, make a

# keys file (mode 600 for sure) and define the key number to be

# used for making requests.

# PLEASE DO NOT USE THE DEFAULT VALUES HERE. Pick your own, or remote

# systems might be able to reset your clock at will.

#

#keys /etc/ntp/keys

#trustedkey 65535

#requestkey 65535

#controlkey 65535

 

#restrict default ignore

 

 

A ntpq -p gives:

 

$ ntpq -p

remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter

==============================================================================

*LOCAL(0) LOCAL(0) 10 l 55 64 377 0.000 0.000 10.010

tftp02.syd.optu murgon.cs.mu.OZ 2 u 158 1024 377 22.050 -34076. 14904.7

 

 

from this it seems that ntp is using localhost as the timeserver ?? is this right ?

 

any clues appreciated.

cs