On Friday 03 September 2004 11:50 am, John N. Alegre wrote:
After setting the ntp.conf file and starting the ntpd deamon if I look at /var/log/ntp I see ...
libros:/etc # cat /var/log/ntp 3 Sep 14:28:33 ntpd[6171]: sendto(128.46.103.93): Bad file descriptor 3 Sep 14:28:34 ntpd[6171]: sendto(132.246.168.148): Bad file descriptor 3 Sep 14:29:34 ntpd[6171]: sendto(130.126.24.53): Bad file descriptor 8.148): Bad file descriptor
What does this mean? The one entry looks like it sync'ed but whats with the "Bad file descriptor"
The only thing you are synced with is your internal clock. You have lots of unreachable external clocks (IPs). But this is not where you look to see if its synced. Your run ntpq -p, and look for the line with an asterisk -- _____________________________________ John Andersen