Re: ntpd not correcting system time, offset keeps increasing

[Greg Troxel <gdt%ir.bbn.com@localhost>]

mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst) writes:

> scar%drigon.com@localhost (scar) writes:
>
>># ntpq -p
>>     remote           refid      st t when poll reach   delay   offset
>>jitter
>>==============================================================================
>>+Maggie.Telcom.A 132.163.4.102    2 u    6   64  377    0.455  297275.
>>19.763
>
>
> You only configured a single time server and this is below the
> configured number of "sane" time servers. That's why ntp ignores it.
>
> If you only have one time server you need something like:
>
> tos            minsane 1

Entirely accurate, but it is not reasonable to run with a single server;
that's not how NTP is designed and it's less robust.

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