Public bug reported:
1. right click the time/date in gnome
2. select "Adjust time/date"
3. click the "unlock" and enter admin password so you can change time
4. select "keep synchronized with internet servers"
5. (now install NTP support if you didn't already have it, maybe reboot is
necessary I don't remember)
6. click the "select servers" button
7. click "add" and enter "www.cnn.com"
Actual:
It doesn't complain at all. User thinks his time is now being synchronized with
the specified server.
Expected:
It should print an error because www.cnn.com is not a valid NTP server.
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I actually had a lot of problems with this because I didn't enter
www.cnn.com but I entered ntp.somehost.com (which some other webpage
told me was valid) and since GNOME didn't complain I thought everything
was working just fine. Later I discovered that the time was different on
machines which synced to the same NTP server and it turned out that this
NTP server was offline.
** Affects: gnome-panel
Importance: Unknown
Status: Unknown
** Affects: gnome-panel (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #543819
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=543819
** Also affects: gnome-panel via
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=543819
Importance: Unknown
Status: Unknown
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gnome-panel NTP time sync allows me to enter random URLs without complaining
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/250231
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