[CentOS] CentOs 5.6 and Time Sync

[Cal Webster]

On Wed, 2011-04-13 at 17:42 -0400, Mailing List wrote:
> On 4/13/2011 5:24 PM, Cal Webster wrote:
> > ntpq -c pe -c as
> root > ~# ntpq -c pe -c as
>       remote           refid      st t when poll reach   delay   offset  
> jitter
> ==============================================================================
>   bindcat.fhsu.ed 132.163.4.101    2 u 1015 1024  377   49.987  -15082. 
> 6919.88
>   216.45.57.38    108.71.253.18    2 u  998 1024  377   83.112  -15139. 
> 6900.14
>   javanese.kjsl.c 69.36.224.15     2 u    1 1024  377  109.083  -29233. 
> 7285.83
> *LOCAL(0)        .LOCL.          10 l   13   64  377    0.000    0.000   
> 0.001
> 
> ind assID status  conf reach auth condition  last_event cnt
> ===========================================================
>    1 26525  9044   yes   yes  none    reject   reachable  4
>    2 26526  9044   yes   yes  none    reject   reachable  4
>    3 26527  9044   yes   yes  none    reject   reachable  4
>    4 26528  9644   yes   yes  none  sys.peer   reachable  4
> root > ~#
> 
>    Right now everything is running as it should. I did indeed switch to 
> the CentOSplus kernel. And it is working as it should. I would need to 
> go back to the stiock updated kernel from the 5.5 - 5.6 upgrade..
> 
> Brian.

Your ntpq output tells me that all the ntp.org servers have been
rejected in favor of your (undisciplined) local clock. You should
disable it as a time source in ntp.conf as suggested previously. You
gain nothing by keeping it configured under your circumstances.

./Cal