On Tue, 2005-09-13 at 11:39 -0400, Al Payne wrote:
The "stratum 16" would seem to indicate that your NTP server is not properly syncing with a higher ranking (lower stratum) server. As a result ntpdate views this server as unsuitable for getting time from. The ntpd process is still responding, which is why bb would pass the test, but there's still something wrong with the configuration. Start with checking the NTP communication between your NTP server and the server it is getting time from.
If you are using authenticated ntp, ntpdate probably won't work without some additional command-line options, where xntpdc knows about keys more automatically
-- Daniel J McDonald, CCIE # 2495, CNX, CISSP # 78281 Austin Energy
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