ntp doesn't seem to work
... on a desktop machine lx mint 18.1 i.e. similar to ubuntu 16.04.
- what is installed
$ dpkg -l | grep ntp ii ntp 1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.3 amd64 Network Time Protocol daemon and utility programs ii ntpdate 1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.3 amd64 client for setting system time from NTP servers - what is running
$ ps -A | grep ntpnothing is running !!!
- status of
ntp$ sudo systemctl status ntp ● ntp.service - LSB: Start NTP daemon Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/ntp; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (exited) since Fri 2017-03-10 10:53:34 CET; 1 months 18 days ago Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8) Mar 10 10:53:34 lx12 systemd[1]: Starting LSB: Start NTP daemon... Mar 10 10:53:34 lx12 ntp[2466]: * Starting NTP server ntpd Mar 10 10:53:34 lx12 ntp[2466]: ...done. Mar 10 10:53:34 lx12 systemd[1]: Started LSB: Start NTP daemon. Mar 10 10:53:34 lx12 ntpd[2495]: proto: precision = 0.043 usec (-24) Mar 10 10:53:34 lx12 ntpd[2495]: unable to bind to wildcard address :: - another process may be running - EX Mar 10 10:56:06 lx12 systemd[1]: Started LSB: Start NTP daemon. - looking up the error on the internet
ntpd unable to bind to wildcard address 0.0.0.0 - another process may be running This is because the ntpdate is running when you try to start the server. I haven't found reasons why to leave it installed so you could remove it if you are using ntp daemon: sudo apt-get remove ntpdate --Braiam - correcting the problem
$ sudo apt-get purge ntpdate Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: ntpdate* 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 389 not upgraded. After this operation, 173 kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y (Reading database ... 292817 files and directories currently installed.) Removing ntpdate (1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.3) ... Purging configuration files for ntpdate (1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.3) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ... $ sudo systemctl stop ntp $ sudo systemctl start ntp $ sudo systemctl status ntp ● ntp.service - LSB: Start NTP daemon Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/ntp; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Fri 2017-04-28 07:11:26 CEST; 1min 38s left Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8) Process: 31134 ExecStop=/etc/init.d/ntp stop (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 31662 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/ntp start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) CGroup: /system.slice/ntp.service └─31675 /usr/sbin/ntpd -p /var/run/ntpd.pid -g -u 108:114 Apr 28 07:11:26 lx12 ntpd[31675]: Listen normally on 4 enp2s0 192.168.5.12:123 Apr 28 07:11:26 lx12 ntpd[31675]: Listen normally on 5 lo [::1]:123 Apr 28 07:11:26 lx12 ntpd[31675]: Listen normally on 6 eno1 [fe80::76d4:35ff:fe80:b46c%2]:123 Apr 28 07:11:26 lx12 ntpd[31675]: Listen normally on 7 enp2s0 [2a02:1811:2c08:a700::12]:123 Apr 28 07:11:26 lx12 ntpd[31675]: Listen normally on 8 enp2s0 [fe80::6a05:caff:fe3e:9d0%3]:123 Apr 28 07:11:26 lx12 ntpd[31675]: Listening on routing socket on fd #25 for interface updates Apr 28 07:11:27 lx12 ntpd[31675]: Soliciting pool server 85.88.55.5 Apr 28 07:11:28 lx12 ntpd[31675]: Soliciting pool server 194.78.244.172 Apr 28 07:09:45 lx12 ntpd[31675]: Soliciting pool server 185.77.199.1 Apr 28 07:09:46 lx12 ntpd[31675]: Soliciting pool server 193.190.253.212notice the time changes on the 2nd-last line ...
$ date Fri Apr 28 07:10:16 CEST 2017