Re: [chrony-dev] Running chronyd without syncing system clock

2012-02-24 Thread Leo Baltus
Op 24/02/2012 om 12:32:51 +0100, schreef Miroslav Lichvar: > On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 12:12:10PM +0100, Leo Baltus wrote: > > Op 24/02/2012 om 11:43:01 +0100, schreef Miroslav Lichvar: > > > I think that will create a positive feedback loop and will not work > > > well, if at all. The instance

Re: [chrony-dev] Running chronyd without syncing system clock

2012-02-24 Thread Leo Baltus
Op 24/02/2012 om 11:43:01 +0100, schreef Miroslav Lichvar: > On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 11:02:55AM +0100, Leo Baltus wrote: > > I am not saying that multiple processes should serve a single clock. > > > > Let me try some good old ascii art: > > > > uplink local nets > >

Re: [chrony-dev] Running chronyd without syncing system clock

2012-02-24 Thread Miroslav Lichvar
On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 11:02:55AM +0100, Leo Baltus wrote: > I am not saying that multiple processes should serve a single clock. > > Let me try some good old ascii art: > > uplink local nets >pool --- ntp-only-server1 --- ntp-client >

Re: [chrony-dev] Running chronyd without syncing system clock

2012-02-24 Thread Leo Baltus
Op 23/02/2012 om 12:34:50 +, schreef Ed W: > On 23/02/2012 08:24, Leo Baltus wrote: > >Op 22/02/2012 om 23:07:51 +, schreef Ed W: > >>>In our setup we do not like to pin a service to a specific piece of > >>>hardware. If, for some reason, a service should run elsewhere we just > >>>stop it

Re: [chrony-dev] Running chronyd without syncing system clock

2012-02-24 Thread Bill Unruh
On Fri, 24 Feb 2012, Leo Baltus wrote: I am not saying that multiple processes should serve a single clock. Let me try some good old ascii art: uplink local nets pool --- ntp-only-server1 --- ntp-client ntp-only-server2 ---

Re: [chrony-dev] Running chronyd without syncing system clock

2012-02-23 Thread Bill Unruh
On Thu, 23 Feb 2012, Ed W wrote: On 23/02/2012 08:24, Leo Baltus wrote: Op 22/02/2012 om 23:07:51 +, schreef Ed W: In our setup we do not like to pin a service to a specific piece of hardware. If, for some reason, a service should run elsewhere we just stop it en start it elsewhere.

Re: [chrony-dev] Running chronyd without syncing system clock

2012-02-22 Thread Ed W
Hi In our setup we do not like to pin a service to a specific piece of hardware. If, for some reason, a service should run elsewhere we just stop it en start it elsewhere. bind() make is invisible for the outside to see and firewalls do not need to know about it either. This is what we do for

Re: [chrony-dev] Running chronyd without syncing system clock

2012-02-21 Thread Miroslav Lichvar
On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 05:39:54PM +0100, Leo Baltus wrote: > It would be quite nice if we could separate the network service from the > sync-to-system-clock service. In that case we could a) run a local chronyd > which bind()'s to an unusual port and acts as a ntpclient syncing the > system

[chrony-dev] Running chronyd without syncing system clock

2012-02-21 Thread Leo Baltus
Hi, We would like to use chrony in our environment to replace ntpd. What we really like in chrony is the ability to bind() to an interface so we can make really tight firewall rules. In our setup we do not like to pin a service to a specific piece of hardware. If, for some reason, a service