Thanks for all the support , i found that i dont have the ntp daemon running on my box which will contact the server. once i have it i could use the support provided. Thanks Jatin On 4/15/2010 2:25 PM, John R Pierce wrote: > Jatin Davey wrote: > >> How do i know which NTP server is my linux box contacting to synchronize >> its time with that of the server ? >> >> > $ /usr/sbin/ntptrace > localhost: stratum 3, offset 0.000017, synch distance 0.07758 > io.sf.netdot.net: stratum 2, offset 0.000548, synch distance 0.04774 > bigben.cac.washington.edu: stratum 1, offset -0.001988, synch distance > 0.00060, refid 'USNO' > > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > >