Re: [cobalt-users] RE: NTP Servers Again

[Gerald Waugh <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Saturday 06 July 2002 06:06 pm, chae wrote:
> Hi Yah,
>
> Well went through the installation of rdate-1.2 as laid out by Gerald and
> the results are as follows...
>
> [root@ns /]# /usr/sbin/rdate -p ntp-0.cso.uiuc.edu
> rdate: Could not connect socket: Connection refused
> [root@ns /]# /usr/sbin/rdate -p ntp-0.cso.uiuc.edu
> rdate: Could not connect socket: Connection refused
> [root@ns /]# /usr/sbin/rdate -p ntp1.kansas.net
> rdate: Could not connect socket: Connection refused
> [root@ns /]# /usr/sbin/rdate -p ntp.ourconcord.net
> rdate: Could not connect socket: Connection refused
> [root@ns /]# -----Same results for the next 6 servers used -----
>
> Tried the command line first before changing and modifying cron etc.
>
> What ports does NTP use on a RaQ3? Could NTP be blocked by Portsentry or
> IPChains?

Yes you need port 123

#NTP
$IPCHAINS -A input -p tcp -s $REMOTENET -d $OUTERNET 123 -j ACCEPT
$IPCHAINS -A input -p udp -s $REMOTENET -d $OUTERNET 123 -j ACCEPT

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