On Apr 21, 8:02*pm, Marcin.Tabinow...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have an annoying problem with ntp on AIX 5.3 TL7. This is what I
> did:
> 1. I have enabled start of xntpd in /etc/rc.tcpip
> 2. /etc/ntp.conf looks like this:
>
> server <my ntp server ip>
> broadcastclient
>
> driftfile /etc/ntp.drift
> tracefile /etc/ntp.trace
>
> 3. I run ntpdate <my ntp server ip>
> 4. Finally, I run startsrc -s xntpd
>
> The subsystem has started and runs just fine without a crash. The time
> is correct, the date is correct, the time zone is good (I set it
> earlier). There is no error regarding to xntp src. But...
> The xntpd does not start after reboot. After reboot the date and time
> are still correct and seem to be synchronized. But xntpd subsystem is
> inoperative. After every reboot I have to start it manually. Then I
> run ntpq -p and the output is like this:
>
> * * *remote * * * * * refid * * *st t when poll reach * delay
> offset * *disp
> ================================================== =========================*===
> *x.x.x.x * * * x.x.x.x * * *4 u * 94 *128 *377 * * 1..16 * -0.367
> 0.12
>
> So the offset is not the issue. After reboot there is no error in
> errorlog and after starting src manually ntp runs just fine without
> the crash.
> Am I doing something wrong or what? Why xntpd doesn't start after
> reboot? I have thi issue on all my LPARs in p595 server, firmware
> version SF240_320. I will appreciate any help, thanks in advance

Try strating the xntpd daemon at system boot by putting the following
entry in /etc/inittab
xntp:2nce:/usr/bin/startsrc –s xntpd > /dev/console 2>&1
I suppose xntpd doesn't get initialized through rc.tcpip. Pls correct
if I am wrong.
HTH
Ashok Sangra