ntpdate

Troubleshooting no server suitable for synchronization

If you have a cron jon periodically running ntpdate to update the time on a system, you might at some point hit the no server suitable for synchronization error. You can gain some insight into the problem with running ntpdate with the -d option, which will show debugging output from the actions of ntpdate, without actually changing the time on the system.

One example cause of this issue is that the value of strata exceeds a maximum value, in which case the NTP server is rejected by the system as being too far from its own source. You should then focus on either fixing the NTP server itself, or changing your ntpdate target to another system.

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