Why my NTP service reports it's in sync with offline server with ntpstat?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • When ntp service stops on the upper ntp server, even after the polling interval, the ntpstat reports that the ntp client is in sync.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • NTP

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