Bug 591838 – ntpd -q does not exit when no servers are defined in /etc/ntpd.conf

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Bug 591838 - ntpd -q does not exit when no servers are defined in /etc/ntpd.conf

Summary:	ntpd -q does not exit when no servers are defined in /etc/ntpd.conf

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	ntp (Show other bugs)
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Version:	5.4
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
Target Milestone:	rc
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Assigned To:	Miroslav Lichvar
QA Contact:	qe-baseos-daemons
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Depends On:	449750
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Reported:	2010-05-13 06:49 EDT by Miroslav Lichvar
Modified:	2011-07-21 02:44 EDT (History)
CC List:	6 users (show)

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Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	The "-q" command line option causes the ntpd service to exit immediately after the clock is set. Prior to this update, the man page ntpd(8) did not document that this only occurs if there are servers configured for ntpd to set the clock against. The user could conclude that ntpd was misbehaving when it did not quit if run with the "-q" switch but with no configured servers. With this update, the ntpd(8) man page notes that "ntpd -q" only exits if used to set the clock with configured servers.
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Clone Of:	449750
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Last Closed:	2011-07-21 02:44:11 EDT
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHBA-2011:0980	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	ntp bug fix and enhancement update	2011-07-20 11:45:14 EDT

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Comment 5 Eva Kopalova 2011-06-30 08:44:16 EDT

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The "-q" command line option causes the ntpd service to exit immediately after the clock is set. Prior to this update, the man page ntpd(8) did not document that this only occurs if there are servers configured for ntpd to set the clock against. The user could conclude that ntpd was misbehaving when it did not quit if run with the "-q" switch but with no configured servers. With this update, the ntpd(8) man page notes that "ntpd -q" only exits if used to set the clock with configured servers.

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2011-07-21 02:44:11 EDT

An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2011-0980.html

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