Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2011 14:57:46 -0700 From: Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com> To: Robert Simmons <rsimmons0@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ntpdate on boot problem Message-ID: <CAHu1Y711gK0q-NOm0EjHMS%2BBFrKRiGsV6OUjETztBhK9TmLVQg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CA%2BQLa9BOozP544LB7MwzjvXqHPLxgfU0w_nr%2BWv9bQtexFMjbw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CA%2BQLa9BOozP544LB7MwzjvXqHPLxgfU0w_nr%2BWv9bQtexFMjbw@mail.gmail.com>
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Are you running a firewall? Do you have a ppp connection? This happens when there is a dependency that is not expressed in the /etc/rc.d scripts. - M On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 2:52 PM, Robert Simmons <rsimmons0@gmail.com> wrote: > Is there a way to make sure that the interface is UP and working > before running ntpdate at boot on a box with a static IP address? > > After setting ntpdate_enable=3D"YES" in rc.conf, I get the following > error on boot: > > Setting date via ntp. > Error : hostname nor servname provided, or not known > =A05 Nov 17:11:05 > ntpdate[786]: can't find host 0.freebsd.pool.ntp.org > > Error : hostname nor servname provided, or not known > =A05 Nov 17:11:05 > ntpdate[786]: can't find host 1.freebsd.pool.ntp.org > > Error : hostname nor servname provided, or not known > =A05 Nov 17:11:05 > ntpdate[786]: can't find host 2.freebsd.pool.ntp.org > > =A05 Nov 17:11:05 > ntpdate[786]: no servers can be used, exiting > > I've had this problem with machines using DHCP and the solution was to > use SYNCDHCP rather than DHCP in rc.conf. =A0However, this box is using > a static IP address. =A0But the problem seems to be similar. > > Rob > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" >
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