2008-06-02 20:49:01 ntpd fails as daemon (works with -q flag)

Ben Burleson (UNITED STATES)

Message: 56592

I am able to set the system time using

ntpd -q -g -c /etc/ntp.conf

just fine, but when I take the -q out to run it as a daemon, I see no evidence of anything happening. It is not listed in the process list and if I start without the correct time, ntpd never corrects it. What's more disturbing is that nothing is logged to the logfile specified in /etc/ntp.conf. However, when run with the -q flag, messages are logged:

1 Jan 07:04:21 ntpd[53]: synchronized to 192.43.244.18, stratum 1

3 Jun 00:29:16 ntpd[53]: time reset +1212427495.618442 s

Is there somewhere I should be looking for debug messages for a clue as to why the daemon just seems to fail before it even gets started??

Thanks,

Ben

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2008-06-02 23:29:44 Re: ntpd fails as daemon (works with -q flag)

Mike Frysinger (UNITED STATES)

Message: 56596

so try with -n

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2008-06-03 11:59:54 Re: ntpd fails as daemon (works with -q flag)