ntp handling in 6.0

[Dave]

Hello,
    Thanks for your reply. My server box does indeed have ntpd running i 
confirmed it with ps -aux and it does have a pf firewall. The rules are:

# allow UDP requests to port 123 from firewall to exit ext_if_if
# in order to contact internet ntp servers
# (keep state on this connection)
pass out quick on $ext_if inet proto { tcp, udp} from $ext_if to any port 
123 keep state

# allow UDP requests to ports 67, 68, and 123 from # in order to perform 
dhcp and ntp queries on the firewall
# ( Keep state on this connection)
pass in quick on $int_if inet proto { tcp,udp } from $int_net to $int_if 
port { 67, 68, 123 } keep state

and ntpdc shows me a prompt.
Hope this helps.
Dave.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lowell Gilbert" <freebsd-questions-local at be-well.ilk.org>
To: "Dave" <dmehler26 at woh.rr.com>
Cc: <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 10:00 AM
Subject: Re: ntp handling in 6.0


> "Dave" <dmehler26 at woh.rr.com> writes:
>
>> Hello,
>>     Has ntp handling changed in 6.0-RELEASE? I've been through the
>> handbook and /etc/defaults/rc.conf but haven't found the answer to
>> this. I've got a machine acting as an ntp server for a network. When i
>> run ntpdate -b <IP> from another machine i get the error "No servers
>> suitable for synchronization found". Ntpd from these other boxes shows
>> the same. From the local ntp server to the ntp servers on the internet
>> works fine.
>> The local ntp server's configuration is as follows:
>>
>> /etc/rc.conf
>> ntpdate_enable="YES"
>> ntpdate_flags="-b servername"
>> ntpd_enable="YES"
>> ntpd_flags="-c /etc/ntp.conf -p /var/run/ntpd.pid"
>>
>> ntp.conf
>> server servername prefer
>> server servername
>> servername
>> driftfile /etc/ntp.drift
>> restrict 192.168.9.0 mask 255.255.255.0 notrust nomodify notrap
>>
>> and on client boxes:
>>
>> /etc/rc.conf
>> ntpdate_enable="YES"
>> ntpdate_flags="-b local ntp server IP"
>> ntpd_enable="YES"
>> ntpd_flags="-c /etc/ntp.conf -p /var/run/ntpd.pid"
>>
>> /etc/ntp.conf
>> server local-ntp-server-ip prefer
>> driftfile /etc/ntp.drift
>
> Is there an ntpd running?
> Is there a firewall in the way?
> What does ntpdc tell you?