time syncronization linux w2k

[Bob_Vance]

BTW, I find it a lot more convenient to put all the active (uncommented) statements in the "ntp.conf" file at the *beginning*, so that you can see at a glance what you've got, rather than dispersing them throughout the comments. You can always scroll down to the comments if you forget exactly what the statements are doing ;>)

It looks to me that you've got 2 guys running, or trying to run:
xntpd
and ntpd
.
Did you download and compile your own latest version of the code? When you do this, the 'make' build produces 'ntpd'. Also, it looks like the latest rpm uses 'ntpd'.

I'm not sure of the origin of "xntpd", but I also run the ntp daemon as 'xntpd', mainly because that's the way HP did it for HP-UX, so when I was building for HP-UX, I kept the "xntpd" name. This means, of course, that after the build, I have to do my own manual install and change it from 'ntpd' (actually, I simply do symbolic links).

bv