[ntp:questions] Re: ntpdc ***Server reports a format error in the received packet (shouldn't happen)

Ronan Flood ronan at noc.ulcc.ac.uk
Mon Sep 18 18:27:33 UTC 2006


Mad Timekeeper <junkmail at blackhole.happy-fish.org.uk> wrote:

> Installed NTP version="ntpd 4.2.3p21 at 1.1440-o Thu Sep 14 22:36:07 UTC
> 2006 (1)"

> ntpdc on W2K machine reports : ntpdc 4.2.0a at 1.1391-o Dec 07 15:59:06
> (UTC+01:00) 2005  (1).

You should be using an ntpdc that has the same version as your ntpd.
ntpd and ntpdc share detailed knowledge of data structures which can
change between versions.

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                      Ronan Flood <R.Flood at noc.ulcc.ac.uk>
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