[NTLUG:Discuss] NTP syncs to wrong server

[Chris Cox]

Michael Barnes wrote:
> I had a machine on an internal network serving as ntp server for the
> rest of the network.  Big overhaul in network and that machine bit the
> dust.  On another server, I go into /etc/ntp.conf and change server
> address from old one to new one.  However, when it syncs up, it says
> it is getting its time from "tick.usno.navy.mil".  That server isn't
> anywhere in the /etc/ntp.conf file.  Everything is static, no DHCP
> involved.  Nothing in the init files.  Running SUSE 10.0.
> 
> Where else could ntp be getting its server info from?

Not sure but run the daemon inside of strace and you can
find out where it's getting the information from.