Harlan Stenn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>>> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Unruh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Unruh> Steve Kostecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> On 2008-09-11, Bill Unruh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> A question has arisen in another group-- What happens if, when ntp >>>> starts up, the remoter server is unavailable ( eg no DNS or no >>>> connection)? >I think, and I could be wrong: >- if we can't reach DNS, we keep trying until we do >- if we get an authoritiative "That site doesn't exist" we move on >- if the interface is unavailable it will be added to the list when > it comes up. >If we know the IP of the remote machine, it is added to the association >list. >>> As of 4.2.4p5 ntpd does the right thing in these situations. Here's an >>> extract from the stable release ChangeLog: >>> (4.2.4p5) 2008/08/17 Released by Harlan Stenn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> * [Bug 841] Obsolete the "dynamic" keyword and make deferred binding to >>> local interfaces the default. Emit a warning if that keyword is used for >>> configuration. >Unruh> "deferred binding to local interfaces" means what? If my server is a >Unruh> pool.ntp server, but my gateway is down when I boot up, will it >Unruh> eventually bind to pool? Or just say-- the hell with it? What counts >Unruh> as "local"? >A local interface is a NIC on the local machine. >There are a bunch of pieces here, DNS, NICs, and routing. >Unruh> Did the dynamic keyword ever work? The web docs say that it is not >Unruh> yet implimented. >I'm pretty sure it works - what documentation says it doesn't? Some document on ntp.org describing the options in the ntp.conf file. I do not want to look for it again-- the docs are incredibly hard to search-- one of the problems with making them into an infinite number of web pages. So I guess dynamic went from not implimented to deprecated with only a brief stop of in use in between. >-- >Harlan Stenn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >http://ntpforum.isc.org - be a member! _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
