[ntp:questions] Could some one help in pointing out the error here

[Richard B. gilbert]

Remo wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I was not able to set a remote server's leap. It looks like the NTP
> packets from the query is not generated at all. Though the  "sendpkt"
> procedure is being called "sendrequest", I am not able to see the
> packet reaching the other side. I guess that I am missing something as
> there is a error reported with authentication.
> Could someone help me in pointing out the error I made..
> 
> ntpq> asso
> ind assID status  conf reach auth condition  last_event cnt
> ===========================================================
>   1 17284  f614   yes   yes   ok   sys.peer   reachable  1
>   2 17285  c000   yes   yes   bad    reject
> ntpq> writevar 17284 leap=1
> Keyid: 64
> MD5 Password:
> ***Server disallowed request (authentication?)
> 
> The configs are:
> authenticate yes
> keys /etc/ntp.keys
> trustedkey 1234
> requestkey 61
> controlkey 64
> server 10.8.26.34 key 1234
> 
> The key file:
> 1234  M pass
> 61 M pass1
> 64 M pass2
> 
> Is this possible to work without authentication. Please help.
> 
> Thanks,
> Remo
> 

You're using the wrong key!  "trustedkey" is for time service. 
requestkey and control key are for nptq and ntpdc but I don't recall 
which key is used with which utility.  (It's in the documentation 
somewhere. . . .)