Questions tagged [ntpdate]
ntpdate is a deprecated ntp client for unix/linux
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CentOS 6 - chrony - No suitable source for synchronisation
NTP servers are available on ports 123/313
nc -v -u -z -w 3 1.rhel.pool.ntp.org 123
Connection to 1.rhel.pool.ntp.org 123 port [udp/ntp] succeeded!
nc -v -u -z -w 3 2.rhel.pool.ntp.org 123
Connection ...
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How to find a process that runs hourly
CentOS 7, set it up about 3 years ago, so I might not remember every decision I made...
Once an hour, something does a time update. I don't have ntp installed, only ntpdate. Don't have chrony ...
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is there any option ntpq for the ntp server connectivity test like ntpdate -d command?
Is there any option ntpq for the ntp server connectivity test like the ntpdate -d command?
ntpdate -d ntpserverip
This command shows the suitable ntp server for synchronization. What the ...
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Can I use the IP of an internal private NTP service instead pool.ntp.org spublic service with ntpdate?
I am not so into Linux and I have the following problem syncronzing two Linux machine using ntpdate.
I know that I can do it running this command:
ntpdate pool.ntp.org
that creats the timesync.sh ...
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I want to my ntpd update time more frequently and asap
I'm trying to config ntpserver and client.what should I do to ntpd sync time more frequently and asap? when I change the time in client manually and then restart ntpd service , after 16 s time is ...
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How can I use my local time as the only reference of `ntpd`?
I want to let my Linux device synchronize its local time with the local time of another Linux server without any other references. I don't care about the actual time. I want my fake time. Therefore I ...
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clockdiff versus ntpdate -q
I want to know the time difference between the clocks on two different hosts. I've found clockdiff and ntpdate -q both perform similar functions. Please provide some insight on the difference between ...
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Are ntpd and ntpdate both being run on my system?
I have a computer running ubuntu 14.04. I am running a process that is sensitive to time jumps, and I have noticed some time jumps have happened, on the order of 100s of milliseconds both forwards ...
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Determining default qualification thresholds for ntpstat
I have been looking into the ntpstat command, more specifically how it determines whether or not the clock is synchronized. From the man page, I see the following excerpt:
ntpstat returns 0 if clock ...
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Why is my machine's time drifting so quickly?
I have an Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS VM running under Vagrant and VirtualBox. When comparing its time to the server's I see things like this:
$ ntpdate -q ntp.ubuntu.com
server 91.189.94.4, stratum 2, offset ...
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Synchronize Time in Linux
I want to synchronize the time between my android device and a raspberry pi. My android is synchronized automatically from the internet ( GMT + 2). I used this code to get the ntp server.
final ...
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How to use adjtimex
I have a Debian machine that at the time of configuration will have access to NTP servers. But once configured and in use, it will not have access to NTP servers. What are the steps to ensure that the ...
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NTP - fix massive offset
I've got a RHEL 5.4 and I'm synced to my NTP server .... I have managed to reduce the jitter to almost 0 with
ntpq -q
But then it came right back. The huge offset remains regardless of what I do. ...
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unable to install ntpdate on centos
I'm running centos 6, unable to get ntpdate working, what's wrong?
ntpdate pool.ntp.org
bash: ntpdate: command not found
x yum install ntpdate
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, security
Loading mirror ...
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Godaddy fails to properly configure NTP on their node server hosting my VPS [closed]
I have a few VPS servers with Godaddy and with every new server I contracted I had to ask them to set up NTP on the node hosting my container. They always did until now.
It seems like their ...
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Explain ntpdate debugging output
May I know what is meant by "reference time" in the ntpdate -d output?
reference time: d5cff417.1a961fff Tue, Sep 3 2013 7:37:27.103
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ntpdate command not found [only when using with cron]
I have a linux machine with ntpdate installed and it is working when i run it from my ssh terminal or from a shell script manually.
However , when i add the shell script to crontab i get the error
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system clock is 5.5 ahead although ntp
I've checked configs and even installed ntp server, nothing seem to fix this,
sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata
Current default time zone: 'Asia/Tehran'
Local time is now: Thu May 9 00:49:38 IRDT ...
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ntpdate[3912]: no server suitable for synchronization found
I've configured ntpd on a CentOs install with a simple /etc/ntp.conf with only 3 lines:
server 0.pool.ntp.org
server 1.pool.ntp.org
server 2.pool.ntp.org
server 192.168.1.1
Unfortunately, no matter ...
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Understanding time synchronization in Linux
My /etc/localtime on my Ubuntu gives my correct timezone - EAT which is UTC +3. The date command gives the time as 21:44:58 EAT which is about the correct time (I'm not concerned about accuracy to the ...
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linux "date -s" command not working to change date on a server
date +%T --set="12:19:06"
12:19:06
date
Mon Nov 26 12:37:32 SAST 2012
date 112613232012
Mon Nov 26 13:23:00 SAST 2012
date
Mon Nov 26 13:42:27 SAST 2012
I have tried many different forms of this ...
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Linux ntpd and ntpdate service
Running ntsysv on my CentOS terminal show both ntpd and ntpdate checked.
Is it redundant to have both service to run at start-up?
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System time wrong after running ntpdate because DST ignored
When I run ntpdate, my system clock displays the time as an hour behind what it should be. I know that ntpdate does everything in UTC, so I'm guessing there's a timezone setting wrong and it's ...
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How inaccurate is my system clock on Unix?
Is there a user-mode command that will tell how inaccurate my system clock is according to NTP servers?
There's the ntpdate command, but the man page doesn't say what the numbers mean. What are ...
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How to use ntpdate behind a proxy?
Is it possible to use ntpdate behind an HTTP proxy with authentication? In case it is not possible, are there any good alternatives?
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