ntp time synchronization

hello all,,

am trying to do a time synchronization between a ntp server and a client, but facing some problems in doing so:

i run the ntpdate in debug mode and this is what i got. please help me out..

[root@stn228-cub3 etc]# ntpd -d -u 172.22.1.207
ntpd 4.2.2p1@1.1570-o Sun Aug 28 19:21:03 UTC 2011 (1)
addto_syslog: precision = 1.000 usec
create_sockets(123)
addto_syslog: no IPv6 interfaces found
addto_syslog: ntp_io: estimated max descriptors: 1024, initial socket boundary: 16
addto_syslog: bind() fd 16, family 2, port 123, addr 0.0.0.0, in_classd=0 flags=9 fails: Address already in use
addto_syslog: bind() fd 16, family 2, port 123, addr 127.0.0.1, in_classd=0 flags=5 fails: Address already in use
addto_syslog: bind() fd 16, family 2, port 123, addr 172.22.2.101, in_classd=0 flags=25 fails: Address already in use
init_io: maxactivefd 0
local_clock: time 0 base 0.000000 offset 0.000000 freq 0.000 state 0
addto_syslog: getaddrinfo: "::1" invalid host address, ignored
getaddrinfo: "::1" invalid host address, ignored.
key_expire: at 0
peer_clear: at 0 next 1 assoc ID 59492 refid INIT
newpeer: 172.22.2.101->203.200.188.4 mode 3 vers 4 poll 6 10 flags 0x1 0x1 ttl 0 key 00000000
key_expire: at 0
peer_clear: at 0 next 2 assoc ID 59493 refid INIT
newpeer: 172.22.2.101->210.212.45.242 mode 3 vers 4 poll 6 10 flags 0x1 0x1 ttl 0 key 00000000
key_expire: at 0
peer_clear: at 0 next 3 assoc ID 59494 refid INIT
newpeer: 172.22.2.101->123.108.200.163 mode 3 vers 4 poll 6 10 flags 0x1 0x1 ttl 0 key 00000000
key_expire: at 0
peer_clear: at 0 next 4 assoc ID 59495 refid INIT
newpeer: 172.22.2.101->172.22.1.207 mode 3 vers 4 poll 6 10 flags 0x1 0x1 ttl 0 key 00000000
key_expire: at 0
peer_clear: at 0 next 4 assoc ID 59495 refid RMOT
addto_syslog: frequency initialized 88.950 PPM from /var/lib/ntp/drift
local_clock: time 0 base 0.000000 offset 0.000000 freq 88.950 state 1
addto_syslog: Cannot find user `172.22.1.207'

You're running ntpd, which is the NTP Daemon, where the -u flag doesn't mean "use an unprivileged port", as it does for ntpdate, but "run as this unprivileged user". Try again with ntpdate instead of ntpd