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From: louie@SAYSHELL.UMD.EDU (""Louis A. Mamakos"")
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.time.ntp
Subject: Re: Problem with xntpd
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Date: 1 Jan 91 01:39:43 GMT
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xntpd, like ntpd, should be run directly (usually started in /etc/rc.local).
It should be present from that point on.  You might try to compile it with
DEBUG defined, and invoke it with the debug (-d) switch and watch the trace
output to see where it gives up.  You might also look at your syslog log 
file to see if it left any helpful information there.

Make sure that /etc/services has 

ntp	udp/123

defined, and NOT tcp/123.  That might be part of your problem, as NTP is
based on UDP for a transport protocol, and not TCP.

By the way, happy new year and hope you all enjoyed the just inserted
leap second.

louie