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From: ric@ace.sri.com (Richard Steinberger)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.time.ntp
Subject: need help with ntpd
Message-ID: <22309@unix.SRI.COM>
Date: 16 Mar 91 20:05:11 GMT
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Reply-To: ric@ace.sri.com (Richard Steinberger)
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I have retrieved and built the ntp.3.4 [patchlevel 13] that I found
in the pub/ntp directory of louie.udel.edu.  Everything compiled
fine on our Alliant FX/40 [ a BSD 4.3 OS variant].  ntp works fine.
That is I can type something like "ntp apple.com" and I get a valid
response.  But ntpd does not start properly.  The message in the relevant
syslog file is: "  get interface configuration: Can't assign requested
address".  Can anyone explain what this means and what I should do about
it?  I am including the /etc/ntp.conf file I set up.  Thanks for any
help or suggestions.

regards,

	ric steinberger
	ric@ace.sri.com

# $Source: /usr/users/louie/ntp/RCS/ntp.conf,v $ $Revision: 3.4.1.1 $ $Date: 89/03/22 18:33:02 $
#
# 		Local clock parameters
#
#
#	Precision of the local clock to the nearest power of 2
#		ex.
#			60-HZ   = 2**-6
#			100-HZ  = 2**-7
#			1000-HZ = 2**-10
precision -7
#
#	Peers - please refer to the README file for proper selection of
#		NTP peers
#
peer	   norad.arc.nasa.gov
peer       apple.com
peer       umd1.umd.edu
server       wwvb.isi.edu