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 ================================================== Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================== 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
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