Re: xntp3: init script is not very policy-compliant
On Sun, 14 Jun 1998, Raul Miller wrote:
> Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca> wrote:
> > You can't background ntpdate, both ntpdate and xntpd can not run at the
> > same time, if you load one then the other will fail.
>
> Hm... then I guess it should be done the other way around.
>
> ntpdate will run with xntpd running, I've done this numerous times.
> So start xntpd first.
I've never had ntpdate ever work while xntpd is running, with the set
options it never actually changes the time, I forget if it's a silent
fail or if it gives some error.
Wakko{root}/mnt/Big/home/jgg#ntpdate ntp.fuller.edu
14 Jun 16:17:34 ntpdate[4120]: the NTP socket is in use, exiting
Wakko{root}/mnt/Big/home/jgg#strace ntpdate -b -s www.tac.net
[...]
bind(4, {sin_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(123),
sin_addr=inet_addr("0.0.0.0")}, 16) = -1 EADDRINUSE (Address already in
use)
[...]
Wakko{root}/mnt/Big/home/jgg#tail /var/log/syslog
Jun 14 16:17:53 Wakko ntpdate[4123]: the NTP socket is in use, exiting
Jason
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