Hi, On Fri, 16.11.2007 at 16:25:40 +0100, Henning Brauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Toni Mueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-11-16 12:39]: > > I've removed the '-s' flag for this reason, although I would very much > > prefer to have it in place in the case that I have net access. I don't > > know whether it would be feasible for ntpd to see whether there's an > > appropriate route, and whether the relevant interfaces are up. > > the problem is the dns lookup that blocks the parent process. > i have an idea how to solve that, but as usual, short of time.
how long would a DNS timeout take? I have experienced "hangs" in the range of at least half an hour. Best, --Toni++
