Why does NTP start/restart is getting failed?
Issue
- NTPD daemon start is failing with below error;
$ service ntpd start
Starting ntpd: ntpd: illegal option -- -
ntpd - NTP daemon program - Ver. 4.2.4p8
USAGE: ntpd [ -<flag> [<val>] | --<name>[{=| }<val>] ]...
Flg Arg Option-Name Description
-4 no ipv4 Force IPv4 DNS name resolution
-6 no ipv6 Force IPv6 DNS name resolution
-a no authreq Require crypto authentication
-A no authnoreq Do not require crypto authentication
-b no bcastsync Allow us to sync to broadcast servers
-c Str configfile configuration file name
-d no debug-level Increase output debug message level
-D Str set-debug-level Set the output debug message level
-f Str driftfile frequency drift file name
-g no panicgate Allow the first adjustment to be Big
-i Str jaildir Jail directory
-I Str interface Listen on interface
-k Str keyfile path to symmetric keys
-l Str logfile path to the log file
-L no novirtualips Do not listen to virtual IPs
-n no nofork Do not fork
-N no nice Run at high priority
-p Str pidfile path to the PID file
-P Num priority Process priority
-q no quit Set the time and quit
-r Str propagationdelay Broadcast/propagation delay
-U Num updateinterval interval in seconds between scans for new or dropped interfaces
-s Str statsdir Statistics file location
-t Str trustedkey Trusted key number
-u Str user Run as userid (or userid:groupid)
-v Str var make ARG an ntp variable (RW)
-V Str dvar make ARG an ntp variable (RW|DEF)
-x no slew Slew up to 600 seconds
-m no mlock Lock memory
-v opt version Output version information and exit
-? no help Display usage information and exit
-! no more-help Extended usage information passed thru pager
Options are specified by doubled hyphens and their name or by a single hyphen and the flag character.
Environment
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
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NTPD
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