From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 18 13:01:38 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B75C106564A for ; Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:01:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from leslie@eskk.nu) Received: from hawk.thalamus.net (hawk.thalamus.net [212.31.160.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29A2E8FC18 for ; Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:01:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from leslie@eskk.nu) Received: from localhost (localhost.thalamus.net [127.0.0.1]) by hawk.thalamus.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1780216C3B for ; Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:01:34 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at thalamus.net X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: 2.376 X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Status: No, score=2.376 tagged_above=-999 required=4.2 tests=[AWL=-0.793, HELO_LH_HOME=3.169] Received: from hawk.thalamus.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (hawk.thalamus.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 2k0bGeDm7i63 for ; Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:01:16 +0200 (CEST) Received: from bljbsd01.homenet.home (c-195-216-040-164.static.bjare.net [195.216.40.164]) by hawk.thalamus.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13B7B216C28 for ; Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:00:56 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <48D2510A.6090203@eskk.nu> Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:00:58 +0200 From: Leslie Jensen User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (X11/20080917) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: User Questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: NTP on 7.1 BETA amd64 odd behaviour X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:01:38 -0000 I have one 7.0-RELEASE machine running NTP with the following settings. ---------------- rc.conf ----------------- ntpd_enable="YES" ntpd_flags="-c /etc/ntp.conf -p /var/run/ntpd.pid" ---------------- ntp.conf --------------- server ntp2.sp.se server ntp.lth.se server ntp1.sp.se driftfile /etc/ntp/ntp.drift on my second machine 7.1-BETA amd64, the same configuration produces this error ------------------------------------------------------ :/etc/rc.d/ntpd start Starting ntpd. ERROR: only one configfile option allowed ntpd - NTP daemon program - Ver. 4.2.4p5 USAGE: ntpd [ - [] | --[{=| }] ]... Flg Arg Option-Name Description -4 no ipv4 Force IPv4 DNS name resolution -6 no ipv6 Force IPv6 DNS name resolution -a no authreq Require crypto authentication -A no authnoreq Do not require crypto authentication -b no bcastsync Allow us to sync to broadcast servers -c Str configfile configuration file name -f Str driftfile frequency drift file name -g no panicgate Allow the first adjustment to be Big -i Str jaildir Jail directory -I Str interface Listen on interface -k Str keyfile path to symmetric keys -l Str logfile path to the log file -L no novirtualips Do not listen to virtual IPs -n no nofork Do not fork -N no nice Run at high priority -p Str pidfile path to the PID file -P Num priority Process priority -q no quit Set the time and quit -r Str propagationdelay Broadcast/propagation delay -U Num updateinterval interval in seconds between scans for new or dropped in terfaces -s Str statsdir Statistics file location -t Str trustedkey Trusted key number -u Str user Run as userid (or userid:groupid) -v Str var make ARG an ntp variable (RW) -V Str dvar make ARG an ntp variable (RW|DEF) -x no slew Slew up to 600 seconds -v opt version Output version information and exit -? no help Display usage information and exit -! no more-help Extended usage information passed thru pager Options are specified by doubled hyphens and their name or by a single hyphen and the flag character. please send bug reports to: http://bugs.ntp.isc.org, bugs@ntp.org ----------------------------------------------------- If I comment out the ntpd_flags="-c /etc/ntp.conf -p /var/run/ntpd.pid" line. ntp starts without any error. Should I accept this or is something wrong? Thanks /Leslie