Bug 34304

Summary: qa0328 ntpdate only works in DEBUG mode?
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Stephen John Smoogen <smooge>
Component: ntpAssignee: Preston Brown <pbrown>
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG QA Contact: Brian Brock <bbrock>
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Description Stephen John Smoogen 2001-04-01 19:23:22 UTC
I am trying to adjust my clock with daylight savings time and realized
that it was time to set up ntp on my home lan. LAN is a 192.168.2.x network
behind a masquerading firewall that is connected to Time Warner cable
network. On the network there are 5 machines (4 of them Red Hat Linux 7.0
and 1 with RHL7.1-qa0328 on it.

On the 7.0 machines I get the following:

root:{smooge}# ntpdate ntp2.usno.navy.mil
 1 Apr 15:19:05 ntpdate[6342]: adjust time server 192.5.41.209 offset
0.093178 sec


root:{smooge}# ntpdate -d -v ntp2.usno.navy.mil
 1 Apr 15:22:26 ntpdate[6346]: ntpdate 4.0.99j Wed Aug 23 13:11:25 EDT 2000 (1)
transmit(192.5.41.209)
receive(192.5.41.209)
transmit(192.5.41.209)
receive(192.5.41.209)
transmit(192.5.41.209)
receive(192.5.41.209)
transmit(192.5.41.209)
receive(192.5.41.209)
transmit(192.5.41.209)
server 192.5.41.209, port 123
stratum 1, precision -17, leap 00, trust 000
refid [USNO], delay 0.12823, dispersion 0.00041
transmitted 4, in filter 4
reference time:    be71fe72.a6589000  Sun, Apr  1 2001 15:22:26.649
originate timestamp: be71fe72.b085b000  Sun, Apr  1 2001 15:22:26.689
transmit timestamp:  be71fe72.a43d9a95  Sun, Apr  1 2001 15:22:26.641
filter delay:  0.12880  0.12936  0.12823  0.12834 
         0.00000  0.00000  0.00000  0.00000 
filter offset: -0.00444 -0.00309 -0.00409 -0.00367
         0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
delay 0.12823, dispersion 0.00041
offset -0.004094

 1 Apr 15:22:26 ntpdate[6346]: adjust time server 192.5.41.209 offset
-0.004094 sec

However on the 7.1 box I get the following:

root:{RPMS}# ntpdate -v -v ntp2.usno.navy.mil
 1 Apr 15:14:25 ntpdate[1461]: ntpdate 4.0.99k Mon Mar  5 12:08:05 EST 2001 (1)
 1 Apr 15:14:29 ntpdate[1461]: no server suitable for synchronization found

HOWEVER on the 7.1 box if I go into debug mode it seems to work

root:{RPMS}#  ntpdate -d -v ntp2.usno.navy.mil
 1 Apr 15:17:41 ntpdate[1489]: ntpdate 4.0.99k Mon Mar  5 12:08:05 EST 2001 (1)
transmit(192.5.41.209)
receive(192.5.41.209)
transmit(192.5.41.209)
receive(192.5.41.209)
transmit(192.5.41.209)
receive(192.5.41.209)
transmit(192.5.41.209)
receive(192.5.41.209)
transmit(192.5.41.209)
server 192.5.41.209, port 123
stratum 1, precision -16, leap 00, trust 000
refid [USNO], delay 0.13148, dispersion 0.00220
transmitted 4, in filter 4
reference time:    be71fe87.4f835000  Sun, Apr  1 2001 15:22:47.310
originate timestamp: be71fe93.50b0d000  Sun, Apr  1 2001 15:22:59.315
transmit timestamp:  be71fd55.f1ed4a1a  Sun, Apr  1 2001 15:17:41.945
filter delay:  0.13364  0.13412  0.13148  0.13965 
         0.00000  0.00000  0.00000  0.00000 
filter offset: 317.3146 317.3154 317.3171 317.3129
         0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
delay 0.13148, dispersion 0.00220
offset 317.317177

 1 Apr 15:17:42 ntpdate[1489]: step time server 192.5.41.209 offset
317.317177 sec

Comment 1 Glen Foster 2001-04-02 13:51:26 UTC
This defect considered MUST-FIX for Florence Gold

Comment 2 Preston Brown 2001-04-02 14:07:04 UTC
I don't think we have really identified the problem:

[pbrown@dionysus pbrown]$ sudo ntpdate -d ntp2.usno.navy.mil
 2 Apr 10:07:16 ntpdate[20497]: ntpdate 4.0.99k Mon Mar  5 12:08:05 EST 2001 
(1)transmit(192.5.41.209)
transmit(192.5.41.209)
transmit(192.5.41.209)
transmit(192.5.41.209)
transmit(192.5.41.209)
server 192.5.41.209, port 123
stratum 0, precision 0, leap 00, trust 000
refid [0.0.0.0], delay 0.00000, dispersion 64.00000
transmitted 4, in filter 4
reference time:    00000000.00000000  Thu, Feb  7 2036  1:28:16.000
originate timestamp: 00000000.00000000  Thu, Feb  7 2036  1:28:16.000
transmit timestamp:  be730617.c38af3e4  Mon, Apr  2 2001 10:07:19.763
filter delay:  0.00000  0.00000  0.00000  0.00000
         0.00000  0.00000  0.00000  0.00000
filter offset: 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
         0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
delay 0.00000, dispersion 64.00000
offset 0.000000
 
 2 Apr 10:07:20 ntpdate[20497]: no server suitable for synchronization found

I believe this is a firewall issue.


Comment 3 Preston Brown 2001-04-02 14:08:54 UTC
notice the lack of receives.  They are getting filtered/firewalled.


Comment 4 Preston Brown 2001-04-02 14:24:39 UTC
now note something definitely not firewalled off:

[pbrown@dionysus pbrown]$ sudo ntpdate -d clock.corp.redhat.com
 2 Apr 10:25:25 ntpdate[20965]: ntpdate 4.0.99k Mon Mar  5 12:08:05 EST 2001 
(1)transmit(207.175.43.182)
receive(207.175.43.182)
transmit(207.175.43.182)
receive(207.175.43.182)
transmit(207.175.43.182)
receive(207.175.43.182)
transmit(207.175.43.182)
receive(207.175.43.182)
transmit(207.175.43.182)
server 207.175.43.182, port 123
stratum 3, precision -17, leap 00, trust 000
refid [152.2.21.1], delay 0.02582, dispersion 0.00000
transmitted 4, in filter 4
reference time:    be7309b5.e20f3cb3  Mon, Apr  2 2001 10:22:45.883
originate timestamp: be730a55.93ea704b  Mon, Apr  2 2001 10:25:25.577
transmit timestamp:  be730a55.945a5fc7  Mon, Apr  2 2001 10:25:25.579
filter delay:  0.02588  0.02583  0.02582  0.02582
         0.00000  0.00000  0.00000  0.00000
filter offset: -0.00183 -0.00184 -0.00184 -0.00184
         0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
delay 0.02582, dispersion 0.00000
offset -0.001841
 
 2 Apr 10:25:25 ntpdate[20965]: adjust time server 207.175.43.182 offset 
-0.001841 sec

Are you sure you have no firewall settings in effect on the 7.1 box at home?