ntpdate Fails To Sync Time With "the NTP socket is in use, exiting" Message (Doc ID 986493.1)

Last updated on APRIL 20, 2020

Applies to:

Linux OS - Version 2.6.9-41 and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Version N/A and later
Linux x86
Linux x86-64

When you try to sync time with ntpdate, it fails with the following syslog message:

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