ntpdate question

[Dirk Kastens]

Hi,

before updating our hobbit server to version 4.2.0, I tested the
ntp configuration with the bb-ntp-1_4.sh script on the client
nodes. When I now configure the server to use the ntp network test
instead,  I realize that this doesn't work with most of our
RedHat clients. I get the response

ntpdate -u -q -p 2 a.b.c.d
server a.b.c.d, stratum 0, offset 0.000000, delay 0.00000
29 Aug 10:53:26 ntpdate[3509]: no server suitable for synchronization found

The network test works with all AIX clients and with older
RedHat clients.
The manual page of ntpdate on a RedHat machine says, that
"the ntpdate program is to be retired from this distribution".
Is there another way of testing the ntp synchronisation from
the server side or do I still have to use the bb-ntp.sh script?

Best wishes,
Dirk Kastens