>>>> - if I "svcadm disable ntp" while it's in "offline*" state because of >>>> the situation I describe above, why is this disabling not effective >>>> immediately, or after reboot (yes, that means after reboot I see the >>>> same situation again!). >>> Not sure. > > anyone?
5082195 svc.startd queues commands while a service is in transition -- Renaud -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re:[smf-discuss] ntp service question From: Michael Schuster <michael.schus...@sun.com> To: Brian Utterback <Brian.Utterback at Sun.COM> Cc: networking-discuss at opensolaris.org, James Carlson <James.D.Carlson at Sun.COM>, smf-discuss at opensolaris.org Date: Fri Aug 24 2007 17:18:45 GMT+0200 (CEST) > Hi all, > > I've added smf-discuss and networking-discuss to this email thread, as I > currently think this question falls "in between". (sig.oe is on bcc). > > Brian Utterback wrote: >> See CR 6439135 for some discussion of this. This only covers >> the timeout issue, not the disable issue. > > thx. I'm not really trying to address this, rather, I'm interested why so > much else seems to depend on this: > > $ svcs -D ntp > STATE STIME FMRI > online Jun_20 svc:/milestone/multi-user:default > $ svcs -D svc:/milestone/multi-user:default > STATE STIME FMRI > disabled Jun_20 svc:/network/dhcp-server:default > disabled Jun_20 svc:/system/iscsitgt:default > disabled Jun_20 > svc:/application/management/common-agent-container-1:default > online Jun_20 svc:/system/intrd:default > online Jun_20 svc:/milestone/multi-user-server:default > online Jun_20 svc:/application/graphical-login/cde-login:default > online Jun_20 svc:/application/cde-printinfo:default > online Jun_20 svc:/system/webconsole:console > >> James Carlson wrote: >>> michael schuster writes: >>>> - if svc:/network/ntp:default is enabled, and no ntp server is >>>> available, why are the dependencies configured so that graphical >>>> login (among other services) doesn't come up? >>> The service is broken in that state, and based on the way SMF works, >>> dependencies are not started if a service is broken. > > I'm aware of that, and that was not *precisely* my question :-) I'm asking > why the dependencies are what they are. > >>> Whether those things are actually "dependent" is possibly a matter for >>> debate. > > indeed. > >>>> - if I "svcadm disable ntp" while it's in "offline*" state because of >>>> the situation I describe above, why is this disabling not effective >>>> immediately, or after reboot (yes, that means after reboot I see the >>>> same situation again!). >>> Not sure. > > anyone? > > it's interesting to note that although I didn't manage to disable ntp, > perceived startup time was must less when I rebooted yesterday evening at > the SVOSUG meeting. I checked the ntp service, it was again in the > "offline*" state. > > Michael
