SUMMARY: Why is NTPDATE reporting these messages?

Thanks to:
plamadeleine@lightbridge.com
Recommended: sounds like ntp can't reach the ntp servers - check out /etc/inet/ntp.conf
and see which servers it is trying to use.  then ping those systems to make
sure you can get to them.

Thanks to:
jbecker@picturevision.com
Recommended : Check to make sure that you don't have an xntpd process running already.
If you do, kill it, and then run ntpdate.

Solution
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added server servrname v1 to /etc/inet/ntp.conf also
killed all processes for ntp. Issued command /usr/lib/inet/xntpd

No more messages!!!!!
Thanks Guys!



>Hi Group,
>
>      Has anyone had this problem?
>
>
>May  9 11:21:03 hostname last message repeated 1999 times
>May  9 11:21:03 hostname ntpdate[26895]: waiting 300 seconds before trying
>again
>May  9 11:27:43 hostname last message repeated 1999 times
>May  9 11:27:43 hostname ntpdate[26895]: waiting 300 seconds before trying
>again
>May  9 11:34:23 hostname last message repeated 1999 times
>May  9 11:34:23 hostname ntpdate[26895]: waiting 300 seconds before trying
>again
>May  9 11:41:03 hostname last message repeated 1998 times
>May  9 11:41:03 hostname ntpdate[26895]: waiting 300 seconds before trying
>again
>May  9 11:47:43 hostname last message repeated 1999 times
>May  9 11:47:43 hostname ntpdate[26895]: waiting 300 seconds before trying
>again
>May  9 11:54:23 hostname last message repeated 1999 times
>May  9 11:54:23 hostname ntpdate[26895]: waiting 300 seconds before trying
>again
>May  9 12:01:03 hostname last message repeated 1999 times
>May  9 12:01:03 hostname ntpdate[26895]: waiting 300 seconds before trying
>again
>May  9 12:07:43 hostname last message repeated 2000 times
>May  9 12:07:43 hostname ntpdate[26895]: waiting 300 seconds before trying
>again
>May  9 12:14:23 hostname last message repeated 1999 times
>May  9 12:14:23 hostname ntpdate[26895]: waiting 300 seconds before trying
>again
>May  9 12:21:03 hostname last message repeated 1999 times
>May  9 12:21:03 hostname ntpdate[26895]: waiting 300 seconds before trying
>again
>
>



Alethia Dunn
Chugach Telecommunications Company
Computer Analyst
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