Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Hi,

In one of our server xntpd time daemon is down, I started it by issuing the command:

# startsrc -s xntpd
subsystem successfully started and also given PIDXXXXXX

But when im looking for the output through the command im getting the below message:
# ntpq -p
ntpq: read: A remote host refused an attempted connect operation.
please guys anyone experienced with the issue before and let me know how to reslove.

Thanks in advance
Kiran.
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Originally posted by: shargus

1. Do a ps -ef and make sure xntpd is actually running.

2. Check your /etc/ntp.conf for a "restrict . . . noquery" or "restrict . . . ignore" entry.

Basically, you want to allow localhost (127.0.0.1) to do a query, allow xntpd to sync up with your NTP servers, and block everything else.
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Hi Shargus,

as u said i checked /etc/ntp.conf everything is fine there nothing is restricetd there, please let me know is there any other solution.
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Originally posted by: esv

can you do :

ntpdate -b server
and see the results.
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Is the firewall blocking access to the NTP Server?

Are you able to "ntpdate -d IP_OF_NTP_SERVER"?

In the ntp server config, has this subnet been denied from syncing?

r/
R
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Hi rneol,

firewall is not blocking it, generating the output with out any errors.

is there any other alternative let me know to resolve the issue

Thanks
Kiran.
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Originally posted by: esv

what time server are you using? are you using public ones? or a local one? if the local one, then check that the ntpd daemon is running and accepting connections. check that your server is listening for requests on port 119.

netstat -na | grep 119

regards,
esv.
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