Dear colleagues, i wonder if suse took some sophisticated measures to prevent the xntpd from being contacted by clients :-| I configured the server connecting to two "outside" servers as time sources. These connections work fine (shown with "ntpq -p"). The local source was left untouched. Now, if i try to "netdate" to this timeserver from a (linux) client, i immediately get the message "connection refused". Here's the ntpd.conf, maybe i've missed sth? Thanx a lot for your patience Uli server 127.127.1.0 # local clock (LCL) fudge 127.127.1.0 stratum 10 # LCL is unsynchronized server 192.53.103.104 prefer server 212.19.48.35 driftfile /etc/ntp.drift # path for drift file logfile /var/log/ntp # alternate log file logconfig =all