Hi.

i was wondering if anyone can show me or direct me on setting up a ntp server under redhat.. Is there any howtos so i can get familar to it "any good sites"

You might try 'man ntpd' or look at NTP Howto. -mk

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i am currently using the how to but im getting an error when i run ntptime
ntp_gettime() returns code 5 (ERROR)
time c05a2b03.25d7e000 Sun, Apr 7 2002 10:18:43.147, (.147825),
maximum error 16384000 us, estimated error 16384000 us
ntp_adjtime() returns code 5 (ERROR)
modes 0x0 (),
offset 0.000 us, frequency 0.000 ppm, interval 4 s,
maximum error 16384000 us, estimated error 16384000 us,
status 0x40 (UNSYNC),
time constant 2, precision 1.000 us, tolerance 512 ppm,
pps frequency 0.000 ppm, stability 512.000 ppm, jitter 200.000 us,
intervals 0, jitter exceeded 0, stability exceeded 0, errors 0.

the status 0x40 unsync.--- why? and it seems like it and reaching to none of my clients when i run

ntpq -c peer -c as -c rl


remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter
==============================================================================
LOCAL(0) LOCAL(0) 10 l - 64 0 0.000 0.000 4000.00
stargate.pivia. 0.0.0.0 16 u - 64 0 0.000 0.000 4000.00
64.94.xx 0.0.0.0 16 u - 64 0 0.000 0.000 4000.00
64.94.90.17 0.0.0.0 16 u - 64 0 0.000 0.000 4000.00
10.1.xx 0.0.0.0 16 u - 64 0 0.000 0.000 4000.00
10.1.xx 0.0.0.0 16 u - 64 0 0.000 0.000 4000.00
nist1.datum.com 0.0.0.0 16 u - 64 0 0.000 0.000 4000.00
ind assID status conf reach auth condition last_event cnt
===========================================================
1 59668 8000 yes yes none reject
2 59669 8000 yes yes none reject
3 59670 8000 yes yes none reject
4 59671 8000 yes yes none reject
5 59672 8000 yes yes none reject
6 59673 8000 yes yes none reject
7 59674 8000 yes yes none reject

if anyone could please help, it will be highly apreciated thanks..

Meeh

I could be wrong here, but it looks like all the time servers that you've selected to use are rejecting you for one reason or another. Could you post your /etc/ntp.conf? -mk

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