[CentOS] NTP problems

Sat Nov 15 10:41:14 UTC 2008
Olaf Mueller <daily-planet at istari.de>

Anne Wilson wrote:

Hello.

>  **Unmatched Entries**
>    sendto(193.6.222.20) (fd=21): Invalid argument: 1 time(s)
>    sendto(141.89.226.2) (fd=21): Invalid argument: 1 time(s)
> 
> Does this mean that ntp is failing?  I assume so, and if so, how do I
> change the sources to something that will work?
Does this happens after a reconnect with your provider and getting a new
ip address?
If so, then yes. I have had this problem also a long time ago. The
following command works for me in /etc/ppp/ip-up.local.

# restart time service cause of new ip from provider
/etc/rc.d/init.d/ntpd restart


regards
Olaf