https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=486477 User mvidner@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=486477#c4 Martin Vidner <mvidner@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|ASSIGNED |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |poolbarde@web.de --- Comment #4 from Martin Vidner <mvidner@novell.com> 2009-03-20 07:44:11 MST --- I have tried to reproduce it and I believe that YaST is correct here, and ntpd is silently ignoring the unknown server: # /usr/sbin/sntp -4 -c 1 -d 15 beaadc01.barco.com sntp: getaddrinfo(hostname, ntp) failed with Name or service not known # host beaadc01.barco.com Host beaadc01.barco.com not found: 3(NXDOMAIN) # vi /etc/ntp.conf # added "server beaadc01.barco.com iburst" # rcntp restart Shutting down network time protocol daemon (NTPD) done Starting network time protocol daemon (NTPD) done # rcntp status remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter ============================================================================== LOCAL(0) .LOCL. 10 l 48 64 1 0.000 0.000 0.001 Checking for network time protocol daemon (NTPD): running I also saw the same messages as you in syslog with the unknown server. Please recheck that the server indeed is working, otherwise I think there is no bug. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.