On Sunday, August 3, 2014 8:54:43 PM UTC-6, Harlan Stenn wrote: > Adam Chou writes: > > > First off, I'm not entirely certain if it's a problem with the > > documentation > > > or just the way I'm implementing IFF autokey. > > > > > > I'm running RHEL 6.3 x86_64 with ntpd 4.2.4p8 > > > > That is Really Old Software. Many changes and improvements have been > > made to how things work since then.
Oh, I intend to upgrade to a newer version ASAP. Unfortunately, my current contract requires me to complete with the current version of ntpd. Once this contract is up, I'm intend to upgrade it. > > > > > The issue I'm having is in this section: > > https://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Sup > > > port/ConfiguringAutokeyFourTwoFour#Section_6.8.3.4.1. > > > > > > Specifically, the section that says: > > > > > > "You must create an ntpkey_iff_client sym-link to activate IFF. You > > > may set this sym-link to point to any file in the keysdir. Such as: > > > > > > ln -s ntpkey_host_client ntpkey_iff_client" > > > > > > I can't find any mention about needing to do that in the man page for > > > ntp-keygen. Furthermore, when I create the symlink, my cryptostats > > > shows: > > > > > > "error 10e opcode 82070000" > > > > > > running ntpd -D4 displays: > > > "peer x.x.x.x event 'bad_or_missing_group_key' (0x10e) status 'unreach, > > conf, > > > auth, 1 event, event_14' (0xe01e)" > > > > > > Needless to say, my client isn't able to get time from the > > > server. However, when I remove that symlink, time syncs correctly. > > > Since the wiki page seems pretty assertive on needing that symlink, > > > I'm not sure if I did something wrong or if it is actually an issue > > > with that symlink. But even if I did do something wrong, the > > > documentation doesn't mention a use case where that symlink will break > > > ntp. > > > > > > btw, sorry I didn't post more info. This system is on a network not > > > connected to the Internet. I have to type out everything. > > > > You might get more information if you crank up the debugging level a bit. > > > > Can you get support from RH for your problem? Sorry, I probably wasn't very clear with what I was asking for. I've got it working now so I don't really need help with that. I was more curious to see if someone might be able to confirm my experience and/or explain why the documentation isn't entirely correct. If anything, I think what should be updated is the documentation on the support site. > > -- > > Harlan Stenn <[email protected]> > > http://networktimefoundation.org - be a member! _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions
