Sounding to me like there might be a problem in your ntp.conf file.
Can we have a look at it?
Steven A. DuChene wrote:
> And after each of those lines shown below is a line that says:
>
> addto_syslog: configuration of 148.167.132.200 failed
> addto_syslog: configuration of 66.27.60.10 failed
>
> Any ideas?
>
> I am going to google this and see if anything pops up.
> --
> Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: "Steven A. DuChene" <linux-clusters@mindspring.com>
>> Sent: Aug 25, 2009 4:44 PM
>> To: Main PLUG discussion list <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
>> Subject: Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date?
>>
>> Hmm, in the debug output from the ntp server startup on my gateway system I see
>> the following:
>>
>> addto_syslog: Cannot find existing interface for address 148.167.132.200
>> addto_syslog: Cannot find existing interface for address 66.27.60.10
>>
>> among the other messages there. The addresses 148.167.132.200 and 66.27.60.10
>> corresponds to the two ntp servers I have set in my ntp.conf file on that system.
>>
>> So it seems that the ntpd daemon does indeed start up but it still is not able to contact
>> either of the ntp servers I have configured.
>>
>> NUTS!
>>
>> Just a guess but I am thinking this is a Cox network thing. That is just a guess though.
>> Is anyone else here on a Cox cable modem able to sync to a external ntp server?
>> --
>> Steve
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: "Steven A. DuChene" <linux-clusters@mindspring.com>
>>> Sent: Aug 25, 2009 4:37 PM
>>> To: Main PLUG discussion list <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
>>> Subject: Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date?
>>>
>>> OK, I may be wrong again. If I start ntpd by hand on my gateway/firewall system
>>> it does indeed start and I am able to sync to that system from the other client
>>> systems on my network but when I do a ntpq on it and type "peers" the only
>>> thing listed there is the LOCAL (0) one. Unless I am mistaken it should also
>>> list the two other ntp servers I have configured in the ntp.conf file. Right?
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: "Steven A. DuChene" <linux-clusters@mindspring.com>
>>>> Sent: Aug 25, 2009 4:28 PM
>>>> To: Main PLUG discussion list <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
>>>> Subject: Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date?
>>>>
>>>> I mis-spoke below. It is not the cable modem thata has a time display but rather the cable TV box
>>>> that has nothing to do with my network.
>>>>
>>>> I have discovered something else. If I start ntpd by hand on my external gateway server
>>>> (the SuSE-10.1 system), it seems to work just fine. It seems to synchronize with the
>>>> ntp servers and provides replies to my local network systems.
>>>>
>>>> It seems that is is just the actual ntpdate command to those external servers that does not
>>>> function and hangs everytime I try it. My guess is if I commented out the calls to ntpdate
>>>> in the ntp init script everything would function just fine.
>>>>
>>>> Why would ntpd connect and work fine but ntpdate will not function?
>>>> --
>>>> Steve
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: "Steven A. DuChene" <linux-clusters@mindspring.com>
>>>>> Sent: Aug 25, 2009 3:50 PM
>>>>> To: Alex Dean <alex@crackpot.org>, Main PLUG discussion list <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
>>>>> Subject: Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date?
>>>>>
>>>>> My Cox cable modem has a time display that is set by their network and the time on my system
>>>>> is set to under a minute different than that display. Besides if I cannot get any sort of reply
>>>> >from the ntp servers how can I tell what time they are synced to?
>>>>> --
>>>>> Steve
>>>>>
--
-Eric 'shubes'
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