> Is the directory /var/lib/ntp present, and with write permissions for
> the 'ntp' user? Does the drift file exist?
> Does ntpd ever lock in? What do you see in 'ntpq -p' over time?
> Are these heavily-loaded boxes, or boxes with wildly-varying loads?
>
>
$ ll /var/lib/ntp
total 4
-rw-r--r-- 1 ntp ntp 7 Aug 12 15:17 drift
$ cat /var/lib/ntp/drift
11.395
# ntpq -p
remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset
jitter
==============================================================================
+server01 some.ip 3 u 81 1024 377 0.455 1.174 0.199
*server02 some.ip 3 u 850 1024 377 0.420 2.109 0.212
What do you mean by 'Does ntpd ever lock in?' ? These boxes are idle
pretty much.
thanks