[CentOS] Strange ntp behaviour?

Mon Nov 22 04:34:07 UTC 2010
Luigi Rosa <lists at luigirosa.com>

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Robert Moskowitz said the following on 22/11/10 01:51:

> Yet from this host I get:
> 
> # host 0.centos.pool.ntp.org
> 0.centos.pool.ntp.org has address 208.53.158.34
> 0.centos.pool.ntp.org has address 69.50.219.51
> 0.centos.pool.ntp.org has address 108.76.168.145
> 
> So what is NTP doing here; why the errors for getaddrinfo?
> 
> Or is this nothing more than 2 out of some many times getaddrinfo failed, but worked just fine enough to count?

Could be a temporary failure.

Check actual ntpd status with    ntpq -p

In alternative you could use "generic" ntp public pool:

server 0.pool.ntp.org
server 1.pool.ntp.org
server 2.pool.ntp.org
server 3.pool.ntp.org

Or your local ntp public pool: go to http://www.pool.ntp.org/en/ choose your
geographic area from the table on top right of the page then your coutry.

For instance, United States server pool configuration is

server 0.us.pool.ntp.org
server 1.us.pool.ntp.org
server 2.us.pool.ntp.org
server 3.us.pool.ntp.org








Ciao,
luigi

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