Re: ntp Problems

On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 20:10:38 UTC, "Bruno Campanini" <BC@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Server (p2.pcserver.com) FBSD v6.2
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/etc/rc.conf
ntpd_enable="YES"
ntpd_program="/usr/sbin/ntpd"
ntpd_config="/etc/ntp.conf"
ntpd_flags="-p /var/run/ntpd.pid - f /var/db/ntpd.drift"

(files ntpd.pid and ntpd.drift have been created with
touch /var/run/ntpd.pid
touch /var/db/ntpd.drift)

/etc/ntp.conf
server pool.ntp.org
restrict 192.168.1.0 mask 255.255.255.0 nomodify notrap

dmesg gives:
Frequency format error in /var/db/ntpd.drift

In what a way have I to create that ntpd.drift file?

Don't create it, let ntpd do so. Delete it now.

It may not 'appear' for a while, but it will eventually (when ntpd has
some drift to record).
--
Bob Eager
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