ntpd installation /etc/ntp.conf ~ hostnames listed do not exist on *.ntp.org

[Dr. Simon A. Roberts]

When you install 'ntp' the /etc/ntp.conf it writes refers to the following:

 - *.ubuntu.ntp.org

This hostname name and subdomain doesn't exist, it would be better if you just import and write http://ntp.snails.email/v1/ntp.conf alternatively make a file that randomly selects the pool and server from http://ntp.snails.email/v1/online.json --> so you download the .json, and then have somewhere on *.ubuntu.com that has a ntp.conf it will and randomly compile alist of pool items from the .json --> this will stop chronologistic buffering convulsive environments...

[Paul Gear (paulgear)]

On which version of Ubuntu did you experience this? Whilst the latest LTS (18.04) and non-LTS (19.04) versions have moved the ntp package to universe, they still ship with a fully working configuration. Here's an example from a stock install on an AWS EC2 instance running disco (19.04):

root@ip-172-31-7-27:~# grep ubuntu /etc/ntp.conf
pool 0.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org iburst
pool 1.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org iburst
pool 2.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org iburst
pool 3.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org iburst
pool ntp.ubuntu.com
root@ip-172-31-7-27:~# awk '/ubuntu/ {print $2}' /etc/ntp.conf | xargs -n1 host
0.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org has address 142.147.92.5
0.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org has address 12.71.198.242
0.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org has address 45.76.244.193
0.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org has address 104.168.88.15
1.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org has address 27.124.125.252
1.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org has address 129.250.35.250
1.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org has address 129.250.35.251
1.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org has address 13.55.50.68
2.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org has address 144.48.166.166
2.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org has address 203.7.149.149
2.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org has address 103.38.120.36
2.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org has address 103.76.40.123
2.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org has IPv6 address 2404:cc80:166::166
2.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org has IPv6 address 2407:f100:4:1::3
2.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org has IPv6 address 2a00:fd80:aaaa:ffff::eeee:ff2
2.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org has IPv6 address 2001:19f0:5801:1daa:5400:1ff:fe95:cf80
3.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org has address 220.158.215.20
3.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org has address 27.124.125.251
3.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org has address 103.38.120.36
3.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org has address 103.214.220.220
ntp.ubuntu.com has address 91.189.89.198
ntp.ubuntu.com has address 91.189.89.199
ntp.ubuntu.com has address 91.189.91.157
ntp.ubuntu.com has address 91.189.94.4
ntp.ubuntu.com has IPv6 address 2001:67c:1560:8003::c8
ntp.ubuntu.com has IPv6 address 2001:67c:1560:8003::c7

So for the stock configuration on released Ubuntu versions, this is factually incorrect. Can you provide any further details to explain how this is a problem?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for ntp (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]