systemd-timesyncd service is running in idle and doesn't synchronize time
I'm trying to synchronize time on my Intel NUC that is running Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS with an NTP server that is running on a Windows PC.
I already checked that the NTP server is running correctly.
It seems to me as if the service doesn't read from the config file /etc/systemd/timesyncd.conf
Output of timedatectl status
Local time: Wed 2019-01-16 21:32:01 CET
Universal time: Wed 2019-01-16 20:32:01 UTC
RTC time: Wed 2019-01-16 20:32:01
Time zone: Europe/Vienna (CET, +0100)
Network time on: yes
NTP synchronized: no
RTC in local TZ: no
Output of systemctl status systemd-timesyncd right after systemctl restart systemd-timesyncd
● systemd-timesyncd.service - Network Time Synchronization
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service; enabled; vendor pr
Drop-In: /lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service.d
└─disable-with-time-daemon.conf
Active: active (running) since Wed 2019-01-16 21:36:08 CET; 11s ago
Docs: man:systemd-timesyncd.service(8)
Main PID: 2316 (systemd-timesyn)
Status: "Idle."
CGroup: /system.slice/systemd-timesyncd.service
└─2316 /lib/systemd/systemd-timesyncd
Jan 16 21:36:08 coretv systemd[1]: Starting Network Time Synchronization...
Jan 16 21:36:08 coretv systemd[1]: Started Network Time Synchronization.
My config file in /etc/systemd/timesyncd.conf
# This file is part of systemd.
#
# systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
# under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# Entries in this file show the compile time defaults.
# You can change settings by editing this file.
# Defaults can be restored by simply deleting this file.
#
# See timesyncd.conf(5) for details.
[Time]
NTP=192.168.20.1
#FallbackNTP=ntp.ubuntu.com
If it changes anything, all commands are run as root over an ssh connection.
Is there something I'm missing?
Edit:
I don't have time to play around with this issue anymore. I will use a workaround on my end so I don't have to rely on the system time.
Answers are still appreciated since fixing this would be a much cleaner solution.
16.04 services sync time ntp
asked Jan 16 at 14:10
MatthiasMatthias
12
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I'm trying to synchronize time on my Intel NUC that is running Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS with an NTP server that is running on a Windows PC.
I already checked that the NTP server is running correctly.
It seems to me as if the service doesn't read from the config file /etc/systemd/timesyncd.conf
Output of timedatectl status
Local time: Wed 2019-01-16 21:32:01 CET
Universal time: Wed 2019-01-16 20:32:01 UTC
RTC time: Wed 2019-01-16 20:32:01
Time zone: Europe/Vienna (CET, +0100)
Network time on: yes
NTP synchronized: no
RTC in local TZ: no
Output of systemctl status systemd-timesyncd right after systemctl restart systemd-timesyncd
● systemd-timesyncd.service - Network Time Synchronization
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service; enabled; vendor pr
Drop-In: /lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service.d
└─disable-with-time-daemon.conf
Active: active (running) since Wed 2019-01-16 21:36:08 CET; 11s ago
Docs: man:systemd-timesyncd.service(8)
Main PID: 2316 (systemd-timesyn)
Status: "Idle."
CGroup: /system.slice/systemd-timesyncd.service
└─2316 /lib/systemd/systemd-timesyncd
Jan 16 21:36:08 coretv systemd[1]: Starting Network Time Synchronization...
Jan 16 21:36:08 coretv systemd[1]: Started Network Time Synchronization.
My config file in /etc/systemd/timesyncd.conf
# This file is part of systemd.
#
# systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
# under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# Entries in this file show the compile time defaults.
# You can change settings by editing this file.
# Defaults can be restored by simply deleting this file.
#
# See timesyncd.conf(5) for details.
[Time]
NTP=192.168.20.1
#FallbackNTP=ntp.ubuntu.com
If it changes anything, all commands are run as root over an ssh connection.
Is there something I'm missing?
Edit:
I don't have time to play around with this issue anymore. I will use a workaround on my end so I don't have to rely on the system time.
Answers are still appreciated since fixing this would be a much cleaner solution.
16.04 services sync time ntp
asked Jan 16 at 14:10
MatthiasMatthias
12
You can try ntpd instead of timedatectl: askubuntu.com/a/1046217/231142 In thentp.conffile you would putserver 192.168.20.1
– Terrance
Jan 16 at 14:17
@Terrance I could if I had a way to download the package. This is my only Ubuntu machine and it doesn't have access to the internet.
– Matthias
Jan 16 at 15:08
Try the second answer below mine in the linked answer I put there. If not, you probably will have to find a temporary way to get internet on it, or try many number of offline ways to get other applications installed into your Ubuntu. askubuntu.com/questions/974/…
– Terrance
Jan 16 at 15:38
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I'm trying to synchronize time on my Intel NUC that is running Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS with an NTP server that is running on a Windows PC.
I already checked that the NTP server is running correctly.
It seems to me as if the service doesn't read from the config file /etc/systemd/timesyncd.conf
Output of timedatectl status
Local time: Wed 2019-01-16 21:32:01 CET
Universal time: Wed 2019-01-16 20:32:01 UTC
RTC time: Wed 2019-01-16 20:32:01
Time zone: Europe/Vienna (CET, +0100)
Network time on: yes
NTP synchronized: no
RTC in local TZ: no
Output of systemctl status systemd-timesyncd right after systemctl restart systemd-timesyncd
● systemd-timesyncd.service - Network Time Synchronization
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service; enabled; vendor pr
Drop-In: /lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service.d
└─disable-with-time-daemon.conf
Active: active (running) since Wed 2019-01-16 21:36:08 CET; 11s ago
Docs: man:systemd-timesyncd.service(8)
Main PID: 2316 (systemd-timesyn)
Status: "Idle."
CGroup: /system.slice/systemd-timesyncd.service
└─2316 /lib/systemd/systemd-timesyncd
Jan 16 21:36:08 coretv systemd[1]: Starting Network Time Synchronization...
Jan 16 21:36:08 coretv systemd[1]: Started Network Time Synchronization.
My config file in /etc/systemd/timesyncd.conf
# This file is part of systemd.
#
# systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
# under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# Entries in this file show the compile time defaults.
# You can change settings by editing this file.
# Defaults can be restored by simply deleting this file.
#
# See timesyncd.conf(5) for details.
[Time]
NTP=192.168.20.1
#FallbackNTP=ntp.ubuntu.com
If it changes anything, all commands are run as root over an ssh connection.
Is there something I'm missing?
Edit:
I don't have time to play around with this issue anymore. I will use a workaround on my end so I don't have to rely on the system time.
Answers are still appreciated since fixing this would be a much cleaner solution.
16.04 services sync time ntp
asked Jan 16 at 14:10
MatthiasMatthias
12
I'm trying to synchronize time on my Intel NUC that is running Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS with an NTP server that is running on a Windows PC.
I already checked that the NTP server is running correctly.
It seems to me as if the service doesn't read from the config file /etc/systemd/timesyncd.conf
Output of timedatectl status
Local time: Wed 2019-01-16 21:32:01 CET
Universal time: Wed 2019-01-16 20:32:01 UTC
RTC time: Wed 2019-01-16 20:32:01
Time zone: Europe/Vienna (CET, +0100)
Network time on: yes
NTP synchronized: no
RTC in local TZ: no
Output of systemctl status systemd-timesyncd right after systemctl restart systemd-timesyncd
● systemd-timesyncd.service - Network Time Synchronization
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service; enabled; vendor pr
Drop-In: /lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service.d
└─disable-with-time-daemon.conf
Active: active (running) since Wed 2019-01-16 21:36:08 CET; 11s ago
Docs: man:systemd-timesyncd.service(8)
Main PID: 2316 (systemd-timesyn)
Status: "Idle."
CGroup: /system.slice/systemd-timesyncd.service
└─2316 /lib/systemd/systemd-timesyncd
Jan 16 21:36:08 coretv systemd[1]: Starting Network Time Synchronization...
Jan 16 21:36:08 coretv systemd[1]: Started Network Time Synchronization.
My config file in /etc/systemd/timesyncd.conf
# This file is part of systemd.
#
# systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
# under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# Entries in this file show the compile time defaults.
# You can change settings by editing this file.
# Defaults can be restored by simply deleting this file.
#
# See timesyncd.conf(5) for details.
[Time]
NTP=192.168.20.1
#FallbackNTP=ntp.ubuntu.com
If it changes anything, all commands are run as root over an ssh connection.
Is there something I'm missing?
Edit:
I don't have time to play around with this issue anymore. I will use a workaround on my end so I don't have to rely on the system time.
Answers are still appreciated since fixing this would be a much cleaner solution.
16.04 services sync time ntp
16.04 services sync time ntp
asked Jan 16 at 14:10
MatthiasMatthias
12
asked Jan 16 at 14:10
MatthiasMatthias
12
edited Jan 17 at 12:53
Matthias
asked Jan 16 at 14:10
MatthiasMatthias
12
asked Jan 16 at 14:10
MatthiasMatthias
12
asked Jan 16 at 14:10
MatthiasMatthias
12
12
You can try ntpd instead of timedatectl: askubuntu.com/a/1046217/231142 In thentp.conffile you would putserver 192.168.20.1
– Terrance
Jan 16 at 14:17
@Terrance I could if I had a way to download the package. This is my only Ubuntu machine and it doesn't have access to the internet.
– Matthias
Jan 16 at 15:08
Try the second answer below mine in the linked answer I put there. If not, you probably will have to find a temporary way to get internet on it, or try many number of offline ways to get other applications installed into your Ubuntu. askubuntu.com/questions/974/…
– Terrance
Jan 16 at 15:38
add a comment |
You can try ntpd instead of timedatectl: askubuntu.com/a/1046217/231142 In thentp.conffile you would putserver 192.168.20.1
– Terrance
Jan 16 at 14:17
@Terrance I could if I had a way to download the package. This is my only Ubuntu machine and it doesn't have access to the internet.
– Matthias
Jan 16 at 15:08
Try the second answer below mine in the linked answer I put there. If not, you probably will have to find a temporary way to get internet on it, or try many number of offline ways to get other applications installed into your Ubuntu. askubuntu.com/questions/974/…
– Terrance
Jan 16 at 15:38
You can try ntpd instead of timedatectl: askubuntu.com/a/1046217/231142 In the
ntp.conf file you would put server 192.168.20.1– Terrance
Jan 16 at 14:17
You can try ntpd instead of timedatectl: askubuntu.com/a/1046217/231142 In the
ntp.conf file you would put server 192.168.20.1– Terrance
Jan 16 at 14:17
@Terrance I could if I had a way to download the package. This is my only Ubuntu machine and it doesn't have access to the internet.
– Matthias
Jan 16 at 15:08
@Terrance I could if I had a way to download the package. This is my only Ubuntu machine and it doesn't have access to the internet.
– Matthias
Jan 16 at 15:08
Try the second answer below mine in the linked answer I put there. If not, you probably will have to find a temporary way to get internet on it, or try many number of offline ways to get other applications installed into your Ubuntu. askubuntu.com/questions/974/…
– Terrance
Jan 16 at 15:38
Try the second answer below mine in the linked answer I put there. If not, you probably will have to find a temporary way to get internet on it, or try many number of offline ways to get other applications installed into your Ubuntu. askubuntu.com/questions/974/…
– Terrance
Jan 16 at 15:38
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You can try ntpd instead of timedatectl: askubuntu.com/a/1046217/231142 In the
ntp.conffile you would putserver 192.168.20.1– Terrance
Jan 16 at 14:17
@Terrance I could if I had a way to download the package. This is my only Ubuntu machine and it doesn't have access to the internet.
– Matthias
Jan 16 at 15:08
Try the second answer below mine in the linked answer I put there. If not, you probably will have to find a temporary way to get internet on it, or try many number of offline ways to get other applications installed into your Ubuntu. askubuntu.com/questions/974/…
– Terrance
Jan 16 at 15:38