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.