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Date:      Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:02:16 +0200
From:      Frederique Rijsdijk <frederique@isafeelin.org>
To:        Lisa Casey <lisa@jellico.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ntp problem
Message-ID:  <49ECAA98.7040107@isafeelin.org>
In-Reply-To: <7AF4EC3FE1B54A2DB854159E1D6D6715@lisac>
References:  <7AF4EC3FE1B54A2DB854159E1D6D6715@lisac>

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Lisa Casey wrote:
> Running FreeBSD 5.3  IN /etc/ntp.conf I have:
>
> server time.nist.gov prefer
> server tock.gpsclock.com
> driftfile /etc/ntp.drift
> logfile /var/log/ntp.log
>
> If I run ntpdate from a prompt, I get the following  error message:
>
> # ntpdate
> 20 Apr 12:02:08 ntpdate[50109]: no servers can be used, exiting
>
> But if I type:
>
> ntpdate time.nist.gov   it will update the time. Is there something wrong with my /etc/ntp.conf file?
>
>   


Give it some time (15-20 minutes or so). It will start to work like magic.


-- Frederique



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