In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Richard B. Gilbert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Joseph Gwinn wrote:
> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > Martin Burnicki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >> Joe,
> >>
> >> Joseph Gwinn wrote:
> >>> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> >>> "Peter J. Cherny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Joseph Gwinn wrote:
> >>>>> ...
> >>>>> Which brings me to a question: How does one get NTP to tell you
> >>>>> exactly where it is getting such things as the ntp.conf file from, all
> >>>>> without
> >>>> >...
> >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ strings /usr/sbin/ntpd|grep ntp.conf
> >>>> /etc/ntp.conf
> >>> In the RHEL case, this would find exactly the wrong copy of ntp.conf,
> >>> being the one we were changing to no avail, not the one that NTP was in
> >>> fact using.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ strace -f -o x /usr/sbin/ntpd -g
> >>> I'll have to look into this. It sounds like it might be general enough.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# grep ntp.conf x
> >>>> 3351 open("/etc/ntp.conf", O_RDONLY) = 4
> >>> Doesn't this assume that the correct "ntp.conf" file is called ntp.conf?
> >>> It may be common, the standard convention, but it is not required.
> >>>
> >>> The whole point is to find the correct file without making assumptions,
> >>> because on a strange computer strange things may have been done.
> >> I fully agree.
> >>
> >> Ntpd generates a bunch of messages about what it has found in the config
> >> file, at least in debug mode.
> >>
> >> Maybe you should open an enhancement request on http://bugs.ntp.org to make
> >> ntpd also print the name of the config file it is using, maybe only in
> >> debug mode.
> >
> > I'm surprised that it doesn't already print the full filename of every
> > file it uses.
> >
> > Will debug mode do much if the binary wasn't compiled for debug? I'm
> > trying to use the provided binary, whatever it might be, and recompiling
> > is usually far too much trouble to be practical. Especially as the
> > effort is per platform type, and we have multiple types.
> >
> > I will file an enhancement request. However, my feeling is that this
> > function would be most useful if added to ntpq, and yielded the full
> > filename including directories, as there may be multiple "ntp.conf"
> > files scattered about. The key is to get NTP to tell us which file NTP
> > is using, without interference from our firmly held but sadly mistaken
> > assumptions about what NTP ought to be doing.
> >
> > Joe Gwinn
>
> Since the source to NTPD is available, it's a SMOP to modify it to print
> out the desired file specification!
True enough, but far too much work.
Joe Gwinn
_______________________________________________
questions mailing list
questions@lists.ntp.org
https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
