Public bug reported:
Suppose that one has the following lines in /etc/ntp.conf
server ntp.com iburst
restrict ntp.com mask 255.255.255.255 nomodify notrap nopeer noquery
server ntp2.com iburst
restrict ntp2.com mask 255.255.255.255 nomodify notrap nopeer noquery
server ntp3.com iburst
restrict ntp3.com mask 255.255.255.255 nomodify notrap nopeer noquery
server ntp4.com iburst
restrict ntp4.com mask 255.255.255.255 nomodify notrap nopeer noquery
The idea behind requesting DHCP option 42 is to replace these servers
with those provided from a DHCP server. I find that, in trusty, only the
first server is replaced in /var/lib/ntp/ntp.conf.dhcp.
I think this traces back to the following line in /etc/dhcp/dhclient-
exit-hooks.d/ntp:
sed -r -e '/^ *(server *[^1][^2][^7]\.|peer).*$/d' $NTP_CONF
I venture that this regex is intended to avoid the "server 127.0.0.1
fudge" line one often sees. But by requiring a direct match to the '.'
separator in the IP address, it has the effect that any server line in
which the shortname of the host is more than 3 characters long won't be
removed.
The same sed in Debian 7 is:
sed -r -e '/^ *(server|peer).*$/d' $NTP_CONF
This may remove that localhost fudging, but it clearly removes any
hardcoded /etc/ntp.conf servers.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: isc-dhcp-client 4.2.4-7ubuntu12
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-30.55-generic 3.13.11.2
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-30-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Jul 15 23:55:21 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-07-10 (5 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64
(20140416.2)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm-256color
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: isc-dhcp
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: isc-dhcp (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug trusty
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request ntp-servers does not remove manually configured servers
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