[ntp:questions] Re: Linux NTP Polling
Darren Dunham
ddunham at redwood.taos.com
Tue May 10 15:00:13 UTC 2005
Geoff <g_wynn at ozemail.com.au> wrote:
> Hello,
> I have a Linux based switch that I need to have syncronise with an NTP
> server. It WILL sync on startup and the time/date is correct but if the NTP
> time source is changed (date time change) the Linux Switch does not change
> it's time to reflect.
How big of a change? NTP is supposed to keep systems in sync, not
propogate large changes quickly.
> The NTPD Daemon is supposed to (I am told) do this automatically but
> it does not.
How long did you wait? Were there any messages in the system log? What
does ntpq -p show?
The changes should propogate eventually unless you leave the 1000s
sanity boundary. If you do that, ntpd will assuming something is very
wrong and exit.
> I have set-up in /etc the ntp.conf file with an ip address of the NTP time
> source and also in /etc/ntp/step-tickers the same ip address. Now as I say
> this appears to sync upon boot-up when the Daemon first starts but never
> again.
> I need to know how to make this switch Poll the NTP Server to maintain time
> with it. It does not seem to be polling for the time source after intitial
> sync.
show 'ntpq -p' output.
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Darren Dunham ddunham at taos.com
Senior Technical Consultant TAOS http://www.taos.com/
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