Arno Wald wrote: > Hello, > > i am using ntpd (4.2.4p6+dfsg-1; debian/sid) on a PC with dial up > connection. The PC is not online at boot time, but is turned online manually > when required via pppd. > > ntpd is started at boot time and automatically can handle interfaces that > are brought up or down while ntpd is running since 4.2.4p0+dfsg-1. But the > problem is, that ntpd cannot resolve the ntp-server names at startup > (because the PC is offline) and gives up on them. When the ppp interface is > brough up, ntpd does recognize this, but does not retry to resolve the > servers. > > I cannot find a configuration option to change this. Is there something I > can do to make ntpd look up the servers again when the PC is going online? > > An alternative was to (re)start ntpd on ip-up instead of starting it at boot > time. The problem with this is that (if I am not wrong) ntpd does a big time > step instead of just little time adjustments once. This can make the mail > server dovecot stop if time is set back by too many seconds. So is there an > option to forbid ntpd such a big time step at startup? > > Thanks, > Arno
Soon. There code in the development branch which will help with this. It's not as complete as it needs to be but it may help you. Danny -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
