[ntp:questions] ntpd (4.2.2p1) stays "synchronized to LOCAL"

[Miroslav Lichvar]

On Mon, Dec 04, 2006 at 10:07:25PM -0500, Danny Mayer wrote:
> Jordan Russell wrote:
> > My ntpd is no longer synchronizing with the servers specified in
> > ntp.conf, and I'm having trouble figuring out why.
> > 
> > ntp.conf looks like this:
> > 
> > restrict default kod nomodify notrap nopeer noquery
> > restrict -6 default kod nomodify notrap nopeer noquery
> 
> I believe that this is a duplicate line to the one above since default
> is not specific to any IP stack.

The second line is required, at least in ntp-4.2.2. From ntp_config.c:

case CONFIG_RESTRICT:
	...
	/*
	 * Assume default means an IPv4 address,
	 * except
	 * if forced by a -4 or -6.
	 */
	if (STREQ(tokens[istart], "default")) {
		if (peeraddr.ss_family == 0)
			peeraddr.ss_family = AF_INET;


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Miroslav Lichvar