On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 11:43:45PM +0200, Frank Brodbeck wrote: > Hi, > > ntpd(8) states that: > > When ntpd receives a SIGINFO signal, it writes its peer and sensor > status to syslog(3). > > But it isn't clear which process should be signalled: > > $ ps ax | grep ntpd > 9770 ?? Is 0:00.01 ntpd: [priv] (ntpd) > 32294 ?? I 0:00.09 ntpd: ntp engine (ntpd) > 28642 ?? I 0:00.01 ntpd: dns engine (ntpd) > > Ok, it isn't hard to figure out that the right command should look like: > > # pkill -INFO -f 'ntpd: ntp engine' >
henning just committed a fix to this page. we decided on a different diff because although the example you give above works, it is simpler to just do "pkill -INFO ntpd". hope that is satisfactory, jmc > but I think the man page could be more specific about that: > > Index: usr.sbin/ntpd/ntpd.8 > =================================================================== > RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.sbin/ntpd/ntpd.8,v > retrieving revision 1.32 > diff -u -r1.32 ntpd.8 > --- usr.sbin/ntpd/ntpd.8 30 Aug 2012 06:48:33 -0000 1.32 > +++ usr.sbin/ntpd/ntpd.8 18 Sep 2012 21:40:04 -0000 > @@ -117,11 +117,13 @@ > .Pa /var/db/ntpd.drift . > Clock drift is periodically written to the drift file thereafter. > .Pp > -When > -.Nm > -receives a > +When the > +.Em ntp engine > +child process receives a > .Dv SIGINFO > -signal, it writes its peer and sensor status to > +signal, > +.Nm > +writes its peer and sensor status to > .Xr syslog 3 . > .Sh FILES > .Bl -tag -width "/var/db/ntpd.driftXXX" -compact > > -- > Frank Brodbeck <[email protected]>
