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