* Toni Mueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-11-17 19:38]: > 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?
varies. can take ages. -- Henning Brauer, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] BS Web Services, http://bsws.de Full-Service ISP - Secure Hosting, Mail and DNS Services Dedicated Servers, Rootservers, Application Hosting - Hamburg & Amsterdam