Why ntpd is not working when using "restrict default ignore"?

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Issue

  • ntpd doesn't work when using "restrict default ignore" in /etc/ntpd.conf
# ntpq -p
     remote           refid      st t when poll reach   delay   offset  jitter
==============================================================================
 192.168.1.1    .INIT.          16 u    - 1024    0    0.000    0.000   0.000
 192.168.1.2    .INIT.          16 u    - 1024    0    0.000    0.000   0.000
 192.168.1.3    .INIT.          16 u    - 1024    0    0.000    0.000   0.000
 192.168.1.5    .INIT.          16 u    - 1024    0    0.000    0.000   0.000

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6, 7
  • ntp

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