I'm trying to configure NTP on my machine but it seems that the parameters I set are not being read by the system. Below is my /etc/ntp.conf file. (I applied the most basic configuration to eliminate other issues)

server 10.45.68.47
server 127.0.0.1

After I set the above configuration, I restart the ntpd process by doing the following:

service ntpd restart

And then I get the following output:

Shutting down ntpd:                                        [  OK  ]
ntpd: Synchronizing with time server:                      [FAILED]
Starting ntpd:                                             [  OK  ]

Moreover, I can see the following in /var/etc/messages:

 Apr  2 10:54:07 hsystem1a ntpd[21067]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
 Apr  2 10:54:07 hsystem1a ntpdate[21537]: can't find host ntpServer1 
 Apr  2 10:54:07 hsystem1a ntpdate[21537]: can't find host ntpServer2 
 Apr  2 10:54:07 hsystem1a ntpdate[21537]: no servers can be used, exiting

So it seems that the ntpServer1 and the ntpServer2 are being read from somewhere instead of the IPs I configured in /etc/ntp.conf.

NOTE: I done init 6 on the machine just in case.

Thanks!