[Info-vax] Personal Alpha forum ?

[Wilm Boerhout]

DTL mentioned  on 17-11-2009 17:42:
> On 17 nov, 17:38, Volker Halle <volker_ha... at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> DTL,
>>
>> the NTP client is configured under 'server components'. The
>> configuration in TCPIP$NTP.CONF decides, whether NTP then acts as a
>> server or client.
>>
>> Volker.
> 
>         NTP configuration options:
> 
>                  1 - Disable service on this node
> 
>                  2 - Start service on this node
> 
>                 [E] - Exit NTP configuration
> 
> Enter configuration option: 2
> %TCPIP-I-INFO, image SYS$SYSTEM:TCPIP$NTP.EXE installed
> %TCPIP-I-INFO, logical names created
> %TCPIP-I-INFO, service enabled
> %TCPIP-S-STARTDONE, TCPIP$NTP startup completed
> Press <ENTER> key to continue ...
> %%%%%%%%%%%  OPCOM  17-NOV-2009 17:35:41.24  %%%%%%%%%%%
> Message from user INTERnet on DTL
> INTERnet ACP Activate NTP Server
> 
> Press <ENTER> key to continue ...
> %%%%%%%%%%%  OPCOM  17-NOV-2009 17:35:41.25  %%%%%%%%%%%
> Message from user INTERnet on DTL
> INTERnet ACP NOLISTEN Process creation success: Service - NTP
> 
> Press <ENTER> key to continue ...
> 
> ../..
> 
> System>
> System> ty tcpip$ntp.conf
> server 0.pool.ntp.org
> server 1.pool.ntp.org
> server 2.pool.ntp.org
> server 3.pool.ntp.org
> 
> System> ntpdate 0.pool.ntp.org
> Looking for host 0.pool.ntp.org
> host found : 91.121.86.143
> 17 Nov 17:36:37 ntpdate[174]: the NTP socket is in use, exiting
> 17 Nov 17:36:37 ntpdate[174]: verify that the NTP server (TCPIP$NTP)
> is not runn
> ing on this host
> System> ntpdate 1.pool.ntp.org
> Looking for host 1.pool.ntp.org
> host found : 88.191.12.184
> 17 Nov 17:37:22 ntpdate[174]: the NTP socket is in use, exiting
> 17 Nov 17:37:22 ntpdate[174]: verify that the NTP server (TCPIP$NTP)
> is not runn
> ing on this host
> System> ntpdate 2.pool.ntp.org
> Looking for host 2.pool.ntp.org
> host found : 87.98.147.233
> 17 Nov 17:37:58 ntpdate[174]: the NTP socket is in use, exiting
> 17 Nov 17:37:58 ntpdate[174]: verify that the NTP server (TCPIP$NTP)
> is not runn
> ing on this host
> System> ntpdate 3.pool.ntp.org
> Looking for host 3.pool.ntp.org
> host found : 88.191.79.242
> 17 Nov 17:38:31 ntpdate[174]: the NTP socket is in use, exiting
> 17 Nov 17:38:31 ntpdate[174]: verify that the NTP server (TCPIP$NTP)
> is not runn
> ing on this host
> 
> ???

You cannot run NTPDATE on a system that has an NTP server process 
running. NTPDATE is meant to talk to and external time server directly.

If you have configured and started the NTP server process, and if your 
*.pool.ntp.org servers are PINGable, you basically have to do nothing. 
Look in the NTP server log file (co-located with the conf file) to see 
how the NTP process calls the time servers and adjusts time 
automagically. See Hoff's site for nice discussions on computer time.

If, for some reason, you want to use NTPDATE, you first have to stop the 
NTP server process (by the same method used when starting it, TCPIP$CONFIG)

/Wilm