Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 19:24:41 GMT From: Bert JW Regeer <bert.regeer@absio.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: misc/183967: ntpd logs different version to syslog versus --version Message-ID: <201311141924.rAEJOfvo004387@oldred.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <201311141930.rAEJU0xj005871@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 183967 >Category: misc >Synopsis: ntpd logs different version to syslog versus --version >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: Thu Nov 14 19:30:00 UTC 2013 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Bert JW Regeer >Release: FreeBSD 9.2-RELEASE >Organization: Absio Corporation >Environment: FreeBSD Amnesiac 9.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 9.2-RELEASE #0 r255898: Thu Sep 26 22:50:31 UTC 2013 root@bake.isc.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 >Description: When ntpd is started it logs the following to /var/log/messages: Nov 14 12:18:43 Amnesiac ntpd[19743]: ntpd 4.2.4p5-a (1) However when running the same ntpd binary on the command line with --version it reports: ntpd - NTP daemon program - Ver. 4.2.4p8 This was causing some confusion regarding what version of ntpd was actually installed, causing us to initially fail an security assessment. Is this version discrepancy intentional? >How-To-Repeat: 1. service ntpd onestart 2. grep "ntpd" /var/log/messages 3. ntpd --version Compare the output of the two... >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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