[KLUG Members] ntpd and samba

[Peter Buxton]

On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 12:58:56AM -0500, Robert G. Brown wrote:

> So when I start ntpd on the client machine, I get....
> 
> ntpd: Synchronizing with time server:                      [FAILED]
> 
> The log on the server is untouched, the log on the client is...
> 
> ntpdate[4029]: no server suitable for synchronization found
> ntpd:  failed

> The answer Bruce Smith offered might be correct, but I have not seen
> that behavior at all...so I look forward to other comments or
> solutions (or manic laughter, telling me ehat I've missed! :) 

How did you test that your server's ntpd starts serving time right away?

> ntpdate[4029]: no server suitable for synchronization found

That's the error I got from the client's ntpdate when I had just brought
ntpd up on the server. Your interior server may need to calibrate itself
for a few minutes before it serves time to others.

Ntpdate and ntpd are two very different programs: your ntpd start script
seems to call ntpdate first before it runs ntpd, and doesn't call it if
ntpdate fails. Try running 'ntpdate <server>' from the client command
line after your server's ntpd has been running for an hour or two.

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