Re: [ntp:questions] ntpd interfacing with newsyslog/logrotate?

2012-04-23 Thread Richard B. Gilbert
On 4/22/2012 6:48 PM, David Lord wrote: Richard B. Gilbert wrote: On 4/22/2012 7:15 AM, David Lord wrote: A C wrote: Does anyone familiar with NetBSD know if there's a particular configuration for newsyslog that will allow the main ntpd log to rotate on a regular basis? It seems that ntpd lose

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpd step recovery time

2012-04-23 Thread Mike S
On 4/23/2012 9:01 PM, unruh wrote: Yes, the step error is highly unlikely but not impossible. How well does ntpd recover if that happens. cron "ntpd -gq" (or ntpdate, while it's still around) every minute, if the criteria is quick recovery to a reasonable time, and not stability.

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpd step recovery time

2012-04-23 Thread unruh
On 2012-04-23, Chris Albertson wrote: > On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 1:54 PM, David Woolley < > david@ex.djwhome.demon.invalid> wrote: > >> >>> >> You are trying to something as a normal operation that is actually a last >> resort error recovery strategy. The specification writer doesn't >> understand

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpd step recovery time

2012-04-23 Thread Chris Albertson
On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 1:54 PM, David Woolley < david@ex.djwhome.demon.invalid> wrote: > >> > You are trying to something as a normal operation that is actually a last > resort error recovery strategy. The specification writer doesn't > understand the purpose of ntpd. > > I've seen this happen b

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpd step recovery time

2012-04-23 Thread David Woolley
Nickolay Orekhov wrote: Sorry, I can't understand this passage. 1024 seconds ~17 minutes. So according to this STEP will occur in 17 minutes minimum and 17*2 minutes maximum? But as I see it takes approximately 4-5 minutes. ntpd cannot even do the first steps in preparing for a step until it

Re: [ntp:questions] GPS kit reverting to 1992 in April 2012?

2012-04-23 Thread Rick Jones
Rick Jones wrote: > I will try prodding my rumour sources for additional details. Nothing on that front particularly, but this has turned-up: http://www.readynas.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=62346 rick -- the road to hell is paved with business decisions... these opinions are mine, all mine;

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpd step recovery time

2012-04-23 Thread Nickolay Orekhov
2012/4/23 David Woolley > Nickolay Orekhov wrote: > > >> The following sequence of actions performed: >> >> 1. The server becomes synchronized >> 2. Someone wants to measure how much time it will take for ntpd to make a >> STEP. Using "date" command he changes system time significantly. >> 3. Acc

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpd step recovery time

2012-04-23 Thread David Woolley
Nickolay Orekhov wrote: The following sequence of actions performed: 1. The server becomes synchronized 2. Someone wants to measure how much time it will take for ntpd to make a STEP. Using "date" command he changes system time significantly. 3. According to "tinker stepout 60" we assume that

[ntp:questions] ntpd step recovery time

2012-04-23 Thread Nickolay Orekhov
Hello, All! I've got the following configuration: # # cat /etc/ntp.conf # drift frequency file driftfile /fs/sd/etc/ntp.drift # midist : increased minimal distance for PPS reference clocks ( default 0.001s ) tos mindist 0.032 # panic : zero to accept initial big shifts ( default 1000s ) # s