NTP configuration issue..

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hello Guys,

I have an NTP problem on my SUN N240 server. External NTP server is being used for this box and when i run 'ntpq -p' i get connection refused message;

ntpq -p
ntpq: read: Connection refused

Here this is the ntp.conf file:

cat /etc/ntp.conf
# BEGIN NTP SERVERS
server 172.30.0.8
server 172.30.0.1
# END NTP SERVERS

# BEGIN NTP PEERS
# END NTP PEERS

# BEGIN NTP OPTIONS
restrict default nopeer nomodify notrap noquery
restrict 127.0.0.1
driftfile /var/opt/NTP/ntp.drift
statsdir /var/opt/NTP/ntpstats
filegen peerstats file peerstatistics_log type week enable
# END NTP OPTIONS

When i run 'ntpdate -d 172.30.0.8'

tpdate -d 172.30.0.8
12 Jan 18:32:03 ntpdate[19940]: ntpdate 3-5.93e+sun 03/06/05 23:16:45 (1.4)
|transmit(172.30.0.8)
receive(172.30.0.8)
transmit(172.30.0.8)
receive(172.30.0.8)
transmit(172.30.0.8)
receive(172.30.0.8)
transmit(172.30.0.8)
receive(172.30.0.8)
transmit(172.30.0.8)
server 172.30.0.8, port 123
stratum 2, precision -18, leap 00, trust 000
refid [192.168.97.18], delay 0.02724, dispersion 0.00003
transmitted 4, in filter 4
reference time:    d2b9a4af.d125395e  Thu, Jan 12 2012 18:27:59.816
originate timestamp: d2b9a5ad.374706ba  Thu, Jan 12 2012 18:32:13.215
transmit timestamp:  d2b9a5a4.1615f000  Thu, Jan 12 2012 18:32:04.086
filter delay:  0.02765  0.02728  0.02728  0.02724 
                   0.00000  0.00000  0.00000  0.00000 
filter offset: 9.128965 9.128829 9.128809 9.128837
                   0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
delay 0.02724, dispersion 0.00003
offset 9.128837

12 Jan 18:32:04 ntpdate[19940]: step time server 172.30.0.8 offset 9.128837 sec

And i see too files for ntp.conf in /etc/inet , these are ntp.conf and ntp4.conf

Do you have any idea on the cause of the problem why ntpq is not running?

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A NTP server can be deliberately configured to not respond to "ntpq" commands. Check how the remote server is configured.
If the time server is working, you don't need the "ntpq" command.

3

is the ntpd daemon running on the client?

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ntpd demon is not running on the client.. i checked it with "ps -ef "

5

Have you enabled the NTP service?

svcadm enable svc:/network/ntp
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i will do that but when i check the SMF services i see that there are 2 instances related to ntp:

svcs -a | grep -i ntp
legacy_run     19:32:32 lrc:/etc/rc2_d/S74ntpsync
legacy_run     19:33:12 lrc:/etc/rc3_d/S78ntpmonctl
disabled       19:31:27 svc:/network/ntp4:default
disabled       19:32:32 svc:/network/ntp:default

I am not sure which instance i should enable ntp or ntp4 ?

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Sorry, I forgot about ntp4. Yes, try enabling ntp4.