NTP setup via yast not working

Trying to setup NTP with yast doesn’t work. Testing any server
says it’s unreachable or not responding. No outside servers
show up in ntpq -p, the log file says ntpd exists on signal 15.

ntpd seems to work when run as root from the command line in
debugging mode. I suspect a permissions problem with the
system setup. Anyone have any ideas what’s wrong, or how to
figure it out?

Lance Drager

On Tue March 3 2009 06:26 pm, ldrager wrote:

>
> Trying to setup NTP with yast doesn’t work. Testing any server
> says it’s unreachable or not responding. No outside servers
> show up in ntpq -p, the log file says ntpd exists on signal 15.
>
> ntpd seems to work when run as root from the command line in
> debugging mode. I suspect a permissions problem with the
> system setup. Anyone have any ideas what’s wrong, or how to
> figure it out?
>
> Lance Drager
>
>
Lance;

  1. Make sure that port 123 UDP is open on your firewall.
  2. Make sure that you have at least one server in your /etc/ntp.conf.
    If no server is set use:

server us.pool.ntp.org
server 127.127.1.0

The last server above is your local clock.
Make sure the ntp daemon is started. In a terminal window enter:


ps -A | grep ntpd

This should return the pid of ntpd if it is running.


P. V.
“We’re all in this together, I’m pulling for you.” Red Green

On Tue March 3 2009 08:16 pm, PV wrote:

> On Tue March 3 2009 06:26 pm, ldrager wrote:
>
>>
>> Trying to setup NTP with yast doesn’t work. Testing any server
>> says it’s unreachable or not responding. No outside servers
>> show up in ntpq -p, the log file says ntpd exists on signal 15.
>>
>> ntpd seems to work when run as root from the command line in
>> debugging mode. I suspect a permissions problem with the
>> system setup. Anyone have any ideas what’s wrong, or how to
>> figure it out?
>>
>> Lance Drager
>>
>>
> Lance;
>
> 1. Make sure that port 123 UDP is open on your firewall.
> 2. Make sure that you have at least one server in your /etc/ntp.conf.
> If no server is set use:
>


>    server us.pool.ntp.org
>    server 127.127.1.0
> 

The last server above is your local clock.
Make sure the ntp daemon is started. In a terminal window enter:


> ps -A | grep ntpd
> 

>
> This should return the pid of ntpd if it is running.
>
>
If you are not in North America look here for a local pool
NTPPoolServers < Servers < Network Time Foundation's NTP Support Wiki

P. V.
“We’re all in this together, I’m pulling for you.” Red Green

Thanks for your replies.

I checked the box in the yast ntp dialog to open the firewall port.
I also opened the port (TCP and UDP) in the yast firewall setup.

I have several servers configured, including *.opensuse.ntp.org for *=0,1,2, 3.

Note that testing these servers in yast fails.

On Wed March 4 2009 12:06 pm, ldrager wrote:

>
> Thanks for your replies.
>
> I checked the box in the yast ntp dialog to open the firewall port.
> I also opened the port (TCP and UDP) in the yast firewall setup.
>
> I have several servers configured, including *.opensuse.ntp.org for
> *=0,1,2, 3.
>
> Note that testing these servers in yast fails.
>
>
ldrager;

Try the pool servers.

P. V.
“We’re all in this together, I’m pulling for you.” Red Green