On Sat, 5 Nov 2011, Robert Simmons 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="YES" in rc.conf, I get the following
error on boot:
Setting date via ntp.
Error : hostname nor servname provided, or not known
5 Nov 17:11:05
ntpdate[786]: can't find host 0.freebsd.pool.ntp.org
Error : hostname nor servname provided, or not known
5 Nov 17:11:05
ntpdate[786]: can't find host 1.freebsd.pool.ntp.org
Error : hostname nor servname provided, or not known
5 Nov 17:11:05
ntpdate[786]: can't find host 2.freebsd.pool.ntp.org
5 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. However, this box is using
a static IP address. But the problem seems to be similar.
Yes, it is. FreeBSD 8-STABLE and 9 have /etc/rc.d/netwait just for
this.
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