It appears that the show ntp command (and those under it) no longer work for non-root users:
[edit service ntp] trae@cr01a-vyos# show server ntp01.ac.trae32566.org { prefer } server sec01-cs9.dal10.trae32566.org { } server sec01-cs9.int.trae32566.org { } server sec01-cs9.wdc07.trae32566.org { } [edit service ntp] trae@cr01a-vyos# run show ntp 506 Cannot talk to daemon [edit service ntp] trae@cr01a-vyos# chronyc sources 506 Cannot talk to daemon [edit service ntp] trae@cr01a-vyos# sudo chronyc sources MS Name/IP address Stratum Poll Reach LastRx Last sample =============================================================================== ^* ntp01.ac.trae32566.org 2 6 77 33 +274ns[ +881ns] +/- 5741us ^- sec01-cs9.dal10.trae3256> 2 6 77 34 -2589us[-2588us] +/- 10ms ^- sec01-cs9.int.trae32566.> 2 6 77 33 +1059ns[+1059ns] +/- 5741us ^- sec01-cs9.wdc07.trae3256> 2 6 77 34 -2043us[-2043us] +/- 31ms
Maybe sudo needs to be added to whatever VyOS is doing under the hood?