NTP restart fails with error: "ntpd: Synchronizing with time server:[FAILED]"

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Issue

  • ntpd shows a "FAILED" error message when restarting ntpd service.
# service ntpd restart 
Shutting down ntpd:                                        [  OK  ] 
ntpd: Synchronizing with time server:                      [FAILED] 
Starting ntpd:                                             [  OK  ]

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • ntpd

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