topic Re: xntpd not found in Operating System - HP-UX

xntpd not found

user-1221 — Mon, 26 Aug 2013 07:47:07 GMT

Hi,

We have a new HP-UX 11.31 machine, trying to setup NTP on hte server,

# uname -a
HP-UX mhrd01 B.11.31 U ia64 0774228282 unlimited-user license

set the NTP server in "/etc/rc.config.d/netdaemons" file

export NTPDATE_SERVER=ntp_server_hostname
export XNTPD=1
export XNTPD_ARGS="-x"

the ntp.conf file was not available in the "/etc" I have copied it from one existing HP-UX server,

Also the xntpd script was also not available in "/sbin/init.d/" copied this script from the existing HP-UX server.

Cannot start xntp deamon

# /sbin/init.d/xntpd start

# ps -ef |grep xnt
root 3396 3315 0 09:41:30 pts/0 0:00 grep xnt

The server from where the "xntpd" and "/etc/ntp.conf" file was copied is

# uname -a
HP-UX hdb03 B.11.31 U ia64 0358197384 unlimited-user license

Any help will be highly appreciated!

P.S. This thread has been moved from HP-UX > System Administration to HP-UX > networking.
-HP Forum Moderator

Re: xntpd not found

Bill Hassell — Tue, 27 Aug 2013 01:34:09 GMT

>> the ntp.conf file was not available in the "/etc"

You can find all the original files in /usr/newconfig

>> # /sbin/init.d/xntpd start

What happened then? Did you see any message from the script? What did you see in syslog.log?

It is very unusual for HP-UX to have ntp files removed. What does this command report:

swlist -l file NTP.NTP-RUN

If you get an error that the software was not found, some root user has removed the NTP fileset. I would be very concerned about what else has been removed.

Re: xntpd not found

user-1221 — Tue, 27 Aug 2013 07:29:35 GMT

Hi,

root:/homeroot# /sbin/init.d/xntpd start

root:/homeroot#

root:/homeroot# ps -ef | grep ntp root 22179 21520 0 10:23:31 pts/1 0:00 grep ntp

root:/homeroot#

root:/homeroot# swlist -l file NTP.NTP-RUN

# Initializing... # Contacting target "mcdh01"...

ERROR: Software "NTP.NTP-RUN" was not found on host

"mdchr01.kfmc.med:/".

I think NTP is not installed on the server, can you please let me know which version of NTP can be installed.

Re: xntpd not found

Dennis Handly — Tue, 27 Aug 2013 07:47:07 GMT

Get your installation DVDs and install NTP:

swinstall -s /dev/dvd-device NTP

Re: xntpd not found

user-1221 — Tue, 27 Aug 2013 12:06:19 GMT

Hi,

Installed "HP-UX_11.31_HPUX-NTP_C.4.2.6.1.0_HP-UX_B.11.31_IA_PA_Mega.depot"

NTP is configured now.

Thanks.