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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
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification: Red Hat
Component: ntp
Version: 5.4
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Miroslav Lichvar
QA Contact: qe-baseos-daemons
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Depends On: 449750
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2010-05-13 10:49 UTC by Miroslav Lichvar
Modified: 2011-07-21 06:44 UTC (History)
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.
Clone Of: 449750
Environment:
Last Closed: 2011-07-21 06:44:11 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2011:0980 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE ntp bug fix and enhancement update 2011-07-20 15:45:14 UTC

Comment 5 Eva Kopalova 2011-06-30 12:44:16 UTC 
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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 06:44:11 UTC 
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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