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David Liu
Asked: 2011-01-24 05:51:21 +0800 CST

Where can I look up for the ntpd log?

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I didn't find any ntpd log file in /var/log. I am wondering where can I find those log files, thanks!

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  1. Best Answer

    This may tell you if/where ntp activity is being logged:

    grep log /etc/ntp.conf

    You can also try:

    ps auxww | grep '[n]tp'
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  2. NTP doesn't normally generate many log messages nor have its own log file. Log messages on my system are found in /var/log/daemon.log.

    Statistics are found in the statistics dir (/var/log/ntpstats on my system). Presence of statistics files are controlled by the filegen options in your ntp.conf file.

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  3. You should see them in /var/log/messages or wherever your syslog messages are going.

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