* frantisek holop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-11-22 22:30]: > my mirror still did not get this, so i applied manually.
ofcourse not, it wasnot commited but asked to be tested... > first test case: > <new ntpd installed> > > amaaq> alias p > p='ps -u' > amaaq> p -ax | grep ntpd > _ntp 18531 0.0 0.1 424 728 ?? Is 8:24PM 0:00.06 ntpd: ntp > eng > root 27267 0.0 0.1 480 776 ?? Ss 8:24PM 0:00.01 ntpd: [priv] > amaaq> sudo kill 27267 > <yank out ethernet cable, leave interface up, just curious> > amaaq> sudo /usr/sbin/ntpd -s > <hangs, after couple of "unsuccesful" ^C's i put back ethernet cable, > when line comes back up, terminates> > ^C^C^C^CTerminating there you run into the problem imentioned earlier, the dns requests block the parent > second test case: > > amaaq> p -ax | grep ntpd > f 30100 0.0 0.0 628 4 p3 R+ 10:17PM 0:00.00 grep ntpd > (ks > amaaq> sudo ifconfig rl0 down > amaaq> sudo /usr/sbin/ntpd -s > <after 10-15s i get back shell, ntpd running> > ammaq> > amaaq> sudo sh /etc/netstart > <finish mail ;-) > there they don't and the reglar 15 second timeout kicks in > so to conclude, when no active interface is present it works. > would it be also so trivial to fix the first test case? no. as said, ihave an idea. maybe soon... > or perhaps i just didn't wait long enough for a timeot? it will eventually timne out, but it might take quite some time... -- 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