Bug 102256
| Summary: | ntpd -x flag no longer works to due droproot patch bug | ||
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| Product: | [Retired] Red Hat Linux | Reporter: | Rob Mayoff <redhat> |
| Component: | ntp | Assignee: | Harald Hoyer <harald> |
| Status: | CLOSED WORKSFORME | QA Contact: | Brian Brock <bbrock> |
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | medium | ||
| Version: | 9 | ||
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| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | i386 | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
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| Last Closed: | 2003-09-01 14:45:02 UTC | Type: | --- |
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| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
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$ rpm -qpl ntp-4.1.2-0.rc1.2.src.rpm|fgrep droproot ntp-4.1.1-droproot.patch workx for me... was fixed in 9!! Look at your version! |
From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030701 Description of problem: Handling of the ntpd "-x" flag is broken. Example: # ntpd -x ntpd: option requires argument -x usage: ntpd [ -abdgmnqx ] [ -c config_file ] [ -e e_delay ] [ -f freq_file ] [ -k key_file ] [ -l log_file ] [ -p pid_file ] [ -r broad_delay ] [ -s statdir ] [ -t trust_key ] [ -v sys_var ] [ -V default_sysvar ] [ -T chroot_dir ] [ -U server_user ] [ -P fixed_process_priority ] The problem is that the droproot patches modifies the ntp_options string to indicate that "-x" requires an argument, which is incorrect. Workaround: pass the "-x" flag twice in a row. This will work with the broken ntpd and will continue working when ntpd is fixed. Example: # ntpd -x -x # Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): ntp-4.1.2-0.rc1.2 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Run "ntpd -x". 2. 3. Actual Results: ntpd claims that -x requires an argument. Expected Results: ntpd should run (and never step the clock). Additional info: To fix, change the droproot patch ("ntp-4.1.0b-rc1-droproot.patch") to not put a ":" after the "x" in ntp_options in cmd_args.c.