[Solved] ntpd won't keep correct time, frequency drift too large

I'm making this post in case anyone else runs into the same issue and looks for an answer in the forums -- I did a search and can't find any threads covering this issue.

You may have the following symptoms:

• ntp fails to keep correct time. Running 'ntpd -q' (to set the time and exit) will set the time correctly, but over time it drifts and eventually ends up wrong, in my case by more than an hour (after a week or two).
• This in turn will cause Samba (Windows) shares to not work, as...

[Solved] ntpd won't keep correct time, frequency drift too large