# Ntpd exiting on signal 15 (Terminated) **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [May 18, 2024, 11:11am UTC](https://community.ntppool.org/t/ntpd-exiting-on-signal-15-terminated/3379 "2024-05-18T11:11:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NIshant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/53a042/32.png) [@NIshant](https://community.ntppool.org/u/NIshant)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 11:11am UTC](https://community.ntppool.org/t/ntpd-exiting-on-signal-15-terminated/3379/1 "2024-05-18T11:11:35Z")
I am trying to setup NTP 4.2.8p17 on ubuntu 24.04 LTS But while running ntpd.service as systemd i have encountered below error- 18 May 10:59:45 ntpd[23215]: kernel reports TIME\_ERROR: 0x41: Clock Unsynchronized 18 May 10:59:45 ntpd[23215]: kernel reports TIME\_ERROR: 0x41: Clock Unsynchronized 18 May 10:59:45 ntpd[23215]: ntpd exiting on signal 15 (Terminated) systemd- root@lrit:/var/log# systemctl status ntpd.service ○ ntpd.service - Network Time Service (NTP) Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/ntpd.service; enabled; preset: enabled) Active: inactive (dead) since Sat 2024-05-18 10:59:45 UTC; 11min ago Duration: 8ms Process: 23213 ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/ntpd (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 23213 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) CPU: 4ms May 18 10:59:45 lrit ntpd[23213]: corporation. Support and training for ntp-4 are May 18 10:59:45 lrit ntpd[23213]: available at [Support](https://www.nwtime.org/support) May 18 10:59:45 lrit ntpd[23213]: ---------------------------------------------------- May 18 10:59:45 lrit ntpd[23215]: proto: precision = 0.629 usec (-21) May 18 10:59:45 lrit ntpd[23215]: basedate set to 2024-05-06 May 18 10:59:45 lrit ntpd[23215]: gps base set to 2024-05-12 (week 2314) May 18 10:59:45 lrit ntpd[23215]: leapsecond file (‘/usr/share/zoneinfo/leap-seconds.list’): good hash signature May 18 10:59:45 lrit ntpd[23215]: leapsecond file (‘/usr/share/zoneinfo/leap-seconds.list’): loaded, expire=2024-12-28T00:00:00Z last=2017-01-01T00:00:00Z ofs=37 May 18 10:59:45 lrit ntpd[23215]: switching logging to file /var/log/ntp.log May 18 10:59:45 lrit systemd[1]: ntpd.service: Deactivated successfully. can anyone help? ---
**Author:** ![davehart](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.ntppool.org/davehart/32/1411_2.png) [@davehart](https://community.ntppool.org/u/davehart)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 7:04pm UTC](https://community.ntppool.org/t/ntpd-exiting-on-signal-15-terminated/3379/2 "2024-05-18T19:04:52Z")
> [@NIshant](#): > > May 18 10:59:45 lrit ntpd[23215]: switching logging to file /var/log/ntp.log > May 18 10:59:45 lrit systemd[1]: ntpd.service: Deactivated successfully. There might be more information about why ntpd terminated in /var/log/ntp.log at that time. If that doesn’t shed light, you might try running ntpd with the same command line from a root shell to see if there are any helpful messages.