Rick Jones <rick.jon...@hp.com> wrote: > In particular, I have a situation with a system with a Very Large > (tm) and dynamic number of interfaces, which I think is causing the > ntpd to become Quite Unhappy (tm) (perhaps running out of > filedescriptors - 1024 being the current ulimit but that is just a > guess). It simply goes "poof" without anything particularly > descriptive in syslog.
> Anyway, I really don't need/want it trying to listen on > 99% of > them, but I also have multiple systems whereon the name(s) of the > interfaces I do want ntpd to listen on may not be the same and a > Strong Desire (tm) to have the same config file everywhere. They do > though share a common prefix and I was wondering if something like > "interface listen foo*" could be used. Or, for that matter > "interface ignore bar*" One thing I left-out, because it didn't dawn on me to mention it, is that almost all these interfaces are virtual. Someone else pointed-out the -L option, which I have tried with success. rick jones -- Process shall set you free from the need for rational thought. these opinions are mine, all mine; HP might not want them anyway... :) feel free to post, OR email to rick.jones2 in hp.com but NOT BOTH... _______________________________________________ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions