topic Re: why i cant start xntpd? in Operating System - HP-UX

why i cant start xntpd?

thebeatlesguru — Wed, 27 Feb 2002 03:17:27 GMT

i have to change ntpsever,so i change it first in /etc/rc.config.d/netdaemons
export NTPDATE_SERVER='NEW SERVER IP'

then i change it in /etc/ntp.conf
server new server ip

then i kill xntpd
but when i input xntpd to restart it,ps -ef cant find xntpd
and i use ntpq -p
it show:
ntpq:read: Can't assign requested address

what's wrong?

Re: why i cant start xntpd?

Animesh Chakraborty — Wed, 27 Feb 2002 03:25:44 GMT

Hi,
I also faced this problem once.
Only reboot helped me :(

Regards
Animesh

Re: why i cant start xntpd?

thebeatlesguru — Wed, 27 Feb 2002 03:29:10 GMT

another thing to say is:
the box i changed is A
i want A to use B's clock,so i think B is A's NTP_server

B is use GPS to its NTP_server,but A cant ping to the box that own GPS ,so i should use B to help A .

Re: why i cant start xntpd?

Steven Sim Kok Leong — Wed, 27 Feb 2002 03:38:20 GMT

Hi,

ntpd listens at UDP port 123:

ntp 123/udp

Verify that the UDP socket has been released after you kill the daemon ie.:

# netstat -f inet

If it is still in LISTEN or TIME_WAIT or CLOSE_WAIT state, then it is still bound to the socket.

You will need to wait for the socket to be released before you can use it on your nptd server.

Hope this helps. Regards.

Steven Sim Kok Leong

Re: why i cant start xntpd?

Sanjay_6 — Wed, 27 Feb 2002 03:41:47 GMT

Hi,

The standard procedure is not to kill xntpd but to stop and start it if a change in ntp configuration is made and to effect that change.

/sbin/init.d/xntpd stop
/sbin/init.d/xntpd start

Hope this helps.

Regds

Re: why i cant start xntpd?

thebeatlesguru — Wed, 27 Feb 2002 03:55:01 GMT

well ,but now how can i start xntpd?
i have try this:
/sbin/init.d/xntpd start

but look this:
ntpq -p
ntpq: read: Can't assign requested address

Re: why i cant start xntpd?

Steven Sim Kok Leong — Wed, 27 Feb 2002 04:10:31 GMT

Re: why i cant start xntpd?

thebeatlesguru — Wed, 27 Feb 2002 04:15:50 GMT

when i start xntpd:
/sbin/init.d/xntpd start
27 Feb 12:16:01 ntpdate[1764]: step time server 192.168.29.3 offset 0.000435 sec
xntpd

is it right?

Re: why i cant start xntpd?

Steven Sim Kok Leong — Wed, 27 Feb 2002 04:22:52 GMT

Hi,

Your xntpd client issued the ntpdate command and appears to have communicated with your xntpd server to retrieve the offset. Looks alright to me.

Hope this helps. Regards.

Steven Sim Kok Leong