Sync with NTP server on CentOS problem

Hello !

I have a CentOS 4.4 server running with Directadmin.

The server clock is not correct, and I thought I could set this up once and for all useing the setup here in the tutorials.

Code:

[B]14 Synchronize The System Clock[/B]
If you want to have the system clock synchronized with an NTP server do the following:

yum install ntp
chkconfig --levels 235 ntpd on
ntpdate 0.pool.ntp.org
/etc/init.d/ntpd start

So I logged in as root through Putty.exe on a Win PC
and this was the output..

Code:

[root@server /]# yum install ntp

Dependencies Resolved

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Package Arch Version Repository Size
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Updating:
ntp i386 4.2.0.a.20040617-8.el4.centos base 1.2 M
Installing for dependencies:
shadow-utils i386 2:4.0.3-66.RHEL4 base 594 k

Transaction Summary
==================================================
Install 1 Package(s)
Update 1 Package(s)
Remove 0 Package(s)
Total download size: 1.8 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y

Downloading Packages:
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Permission denied (13)
error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm

Dependency Installed: shadow-utils.i386 2:4.0.3-66.RHEL4
Updated: ntp.i386 0:4.2.0.a.20040617-8.el4.centos
Complete!

[root@server /]# chkconfig --levels 235 ntpd on

[root@server /]# ntpdate 0.pool.ntp.org

Error : Servname not supported for ai_socktype
5 Nov 18:20:56 ntpdate[29521]: can't find host 0.pool.ntp.org

5 Nov 18:20:56 ntpdate[29521]: no servers can be used, exiting

[root@server /]#

What did I do wrong..
What does the two error messages cannot open Packages mean..

How to set it up?

Sammy

 

Please try this:

Code:

yum clean all
yum makecache

 

Thanks for helping out falko.

However - it did not solve the problem.

I still get the errors:

I googled the error messages and came up with this suggestion:

However I don't want to do something that may mess up the server,
since it's already running a few domains that has a lot of visitors.

Can I use the above command without messing it up..?
- Or do You suggest anything else?

Sammy

 

Haven't tried that command, but if you are unsure, you can test it on a test machine first.