Disable warning messages about ntpd in syslog

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I start my computer with internet disable and noticed that syslog is full of warning messages about ntpd

ntpd[1123]: error resolving pool 0.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org: Temporary failure in name resolution (-3)
ntpd[1123]: error resolving pool 1.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org: Temporary failure in name resolution (-3)
ntpd[1123]: error resolving pool 2.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org: Temporary failure in name resolution (-3)
ntpd[1123]: error resolving pool 3.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org: Temporary failure in name resolution (-3)
ntpd[1123]: error resolving pool ntp.ubuntu.com: Temporary failure in name resolution (-3)

How do i disable these warnings in syslog?

user1107883 · Answer

I tried adding this in the ntpd config file (/etc/ntp.conf):
logconfig = -clockall -peerall -sysall -syncall

According to the manual, it should have prevented all logging but I still saw the "error resolving" messages appearing in syslog.
The only way I managed to stop the messages was by starting ntpd with the -l option and sending log file output to /dev/null:
ntpd -l /dev/null

Disable warning messages about ntpd in syslog

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