Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 12:30:26 GMT From: Renaud Waldura <renaud+freebsd@waldura.org> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: misc/119592: Changes to rc.d/ntpd prevent no-config startup Message-ID: <200801121230.m0CCUQgj032515@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200801121240.m0CCe1RW044135@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 119592 >Category: misc >Synopsis: Changes to rc.d/ntpd prevent no-config startup >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sat Jan 12 12:40:01 UTC 2008 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Renaud Waldura >Release: 6.1 and 6.2 >Organization: BioHazard Networks >Environment: FreeBSD ebola.biohz.net 6.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE #0: Sun May 7 04:42:56 UTC 2006 root@opus.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP i386 FreeBSD alobe.biohz.net 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Fri Jan 12 11:05:30 UTC 2007 root@dessler.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP i386 >Description: In FreeBSD 6.1, one could startup ntpd without a configuration file, by providing all configuration information using command-line parameters in rc.conf. This is used for broadcast clients for example. (The recommended architecture for NTP is to have a local time server that provides time service to clients using multicast/broadcast.) In 6.2, changes made to rc.d/ntpd now require a configuration file. Default install does not come with a configuration file. The configuration file can be edited using rc.conf variables, but this can be tricky (see "How to repeat" section.) The offending changes are highlighted here: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/etc/rc.d/ntpd?annotate=1.13 Thank you! >How-To-Repeat: Default install of FreeBSD 6.2. Add the following to /etc/rc.conf: ntpd_enable=YES ntpd_flags="$ntpd_flags -A -b" # rc.d/ntpd => startup error, required config file not found ntpd_enable=YES ntpd_flags="$ntpd_flags -A -b" ntpd_config= # rc.d/ntpd => startup error, bad syntax ntpd_enable=YES ntpd_flags="$ntpd_flags -A -b" ntpd_config=/dev/null # rc.d/ntpd => OK >Fix: Options: 1- set default config file to /dev/null or 2- create empty config file /etc/ntp.conf in default install or 3- fix startup script rc.d/ntpd to allow no config file >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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