NTPd does not synchronize the time with a long (for a couple of weeks) disconnecting the virtual machine # env LC_ALL=C date Tue Jul 4 21:19:47 EEST 2017 # service ntpd onefetch # service ntpd restart ntpd not running? (check /var/run/ntpd.pid). Starting ntpd. In logs: Jul 4 21:20:21 core ntpd[1762]: ntpd 4.2.8p10-a (1): Starting Jul 4 21:20:22 core ntpd[1763]: restrict: 'monitor' cannot be disabled while 'limited' is enabled Jul 4 21:20:22 core ntpd[1763]: leapsecond file ('/var/db/ntpd.leap-seconds.list'): good hash signature Jul 4 21:20:22 core ntpd[1763]: leapsecond file ('/var/db/ntpd.leap-seconds.list'): loaded, expire=2017-12-28T00:00:00Z last=2017-01-01T00:00:00Z ofs=37 After entering the following commands, ntpd worked fine: # ntpdate time.in.ua 8 Jul 18:44:14 ntpdate[1818]: step time server 62.149.0.30 offset 336055.068582 sec # service ntpd restart ntpd not running? (check /var/run/ntpd.pid). Starting ntpd. # env LC_ALL=C date Sat Jul 8 18:45:58 EEST 2017 # ntpq -pn remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter ============================================================================== 0.freebsd.pool. .POOL. 16 p - 64 0 0.000 0.000 0.002 #194.54.80.30 204.108.231.32 3 u 41 64 3 2.714 -2.997 0.207 *62.149.0.30 .GPS. 1 u 42 64 3 10.397 0.193 0.396 #2001:67c:440:40 193.11.166.20 2 u 45 64 3 92.070 -5.164 0.740 +193.27.209.20 31.28.161.68 2 u 46 64 3 21.624 -0.455 0.294 +193.27.208.100 .PPS. 1 u 44 64 3 20.100 -1.018 0.334 -91.198.10.1 62.149.0.30 2 u 40 64 3 17.699 -1.543 0.274 -91.236.251.12 193.11.166.20 2 u 42 64 3 34.316 -0.482 1.414 -195.78.244.34 62.149.0.30 2 u 39 64 3 1.484 -0.906 0.470 FreeBSD 11.1-PRERELEASE #0 r318606: Mon May 22 14:28:27 EEST 2017 # egrep -i ntp /etc/rc.conf ntpd_enable="YES" # egrep -v '^$|^#' /etc/ntp.conf tos minclock 3 maxclock 6 pool 0.freebsd.pool.ntp.org iburst restrict default limited kod nomodify notrap noquery nopeer restrict -6 default limited kod nomodify notrap noquery nopeer restrict source limited kod nomodify notrap noquery restrict 127.0.0.1 restrict -6 ::1 leapfile "/var/db/ntpd.leap-seconds.list" server 0.ua.pool.ntp.org iburst maxpoll 9 server 1.ua.pool.ntp.org iburst maxpoll 9 server 2.ua.pool.ntp.org iburst maxpoll 9 server 3.ua.pool.ntp.org iburst maxpoll 9 restrict default ignore restrict -6 default ignore restrict 0.ua.pool.ntp.org noquery notrap restrict 1.ua.pool.ntp.org noquery notrap restrict 2.ua.pool.ntp.org noquery notrap restrict 3.ua.pool.ntp.org noquery notrap statistics peerstats statistics loopstats statistics clockstats disable monitor
Not a bug -- see the '-g' option description in ntpd(8) and 'ntpd_sync_on_start' description in rc.conf(5).
By design, ntpd will not step the clock further than about 15 minutes without permission to do so. To give it permission, set ntpd_sync_on_start=YES in rc.conf.