Problem with NTP protocol [HP-UX 10.20]

[Robert Szafranski]

HP-UX 10.20; NTP version 3.4

I can't run time synchronisation by NTP protocol from GPS.
The GPS clock is connected to the server via serial port.

in the file ntp.conf I have line:
server 127.127.8.0 mode 12

It's correct line for my GPS clock, but after starting xntpd deamon, in the file syslog.log I have information:

Aug 9 14:58:33 cc-pata1 xntpd[15440]: xntpd 3.4 #Revision 1.1.110.2: Thu
May 9 21:27:00 GMT 1996
Aug 9 14:58:33 cc-pata1 xntpd[15440]: configure: keyword "mode" unknown,
line ignored
Aug 9 14:58:33 cc-pata1 xntpd[15440]: configure: keyword "12" unknown, line
ignored

When I try run NTP protocol without any parameters in file ntp.conf
(server 127.127.8.0)
in syslog.log I have information:
"can't initialize 127.127.8.0, no support for clock type 8"

NTP protocols works correctly, when in the file ntp.conf is line:
server 127.127.1.0

I lost time synchronisation after system crashed and when I recover system (without reinstall)

Everything works correctly without NTP :-(

Please help me

[Steven E. Protter]

ntpq -p [ip of time server]

While its possible to get time snych without success from this command line, its not supported.

Its quite possible that within your network a Microsoft time server has been set up that does NOT meet ntp guidelines set up by the founder of NTP, Doctor David Mills.

I'm going to show you a good ntp file albeit from 11.11. You have variances from standard that might be causing you difficulties.


#keys /usr/local/bin/ntp.keys # path for keys file
#trustedkey 3 4 5 6 14 # define trusted keys
#requestkey 15 # key (7) for accessing server variables
#controlkey 15 # key (6) for accessing server variables
#authdelay 0.000159 # authentication delay (SPARC4c/65 SS1+ MD5)

server 192.168.0.40 # austron 2201A gps receiver


Simple yet it keeps the server time reasonable.

Good output from the ntpq command.

The time server in this case is a Linux box. As you know Linux often stays from the path on standards but not in this case.


[808#] ntpq -p 192.168.0.40
remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset disp
==============================================================================
*ntp0.mcs.anl.go 0.0.0.0 1 u 77m 1024 377 45.76 -5.631 14.83
Mon Aug 11 00:48:22 2003:/root


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