CentOS - Jun 2012 - system date using ntp client is drifting

Hi,

I have a set of servers whose system time is drifting. I am running ntp
client on CentOS 5.8. My config is here -> http://fpaste.org/s55U/
Anything i am missing?

Regards,

Kaushal

On 06/04/12 12:59 PM, Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
> I have a set of servers whose system time is drifting. I am running ntp
> client on CentOS 5.8. My config is here ->  http://fpaste.org/s55U/
> Anything i am missing?
whats the output of `ntptrace` ?  are there entries about ntp in 
/var/log/messages ?



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On Jun 4, 2012, at 1:59 PM, Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a set of servers whose system time is drifting. I am running ntp
> client on CentOS 5.8. My config is here -> http://fpaste.org/s55U/
> Anything i am missing?
Fire up ntpq, and type "peers" and see if they're seeing their
upstream servers.  If not, hunt down the firewall or other filter problem.

Additionally, ntp will refuse to sync if it's too far out.  Use ntpdate
[server IP] to force the issue first. If the machines have a bad CMOS battery
and won't keep time, ntpdate package can be configured to force time sync
(which is a bad hack) at boot-time.

After getting the clock in sync, "hwclock --systohc" to push it into
the CMOS clock.

Nate