[ntp:questions] Authentication problem

[Dennis Hilberg, Jr.]

Harlan Stenn wrote:
> I think this is because you have not respecified the keyid.

That solves the issue just fine. I'll just have to remember to say 'keyid 1' 
whenever I start ntpdc.

> Try giving the 'keyid' command after you restart ntpdc to be sure.

It does say no keyid defined.

> I'm not sure why you were not asked for it though...

I found that odd. When I issue the addserver command, I get prompted for the 
keyid, but not when I issue the unconfig command. That's the problem.

> And as Dave as pointed out, nobody has volunteered to maintain ntpdc for
> quite a while now, and the new config parsing code does not have an
> "unconfig" command yet (near as I can remember).

Sorry, I'm not a very accomplished programmer. Otherwise I'd be glad to help 
out, time permitting.

> I am aware of two obvious solutions to this problem (as well as many others)
> but since I mention these two solutions Frequently I'll refrain from
> repeating them at this time.

Like I mentioned, specifying 'keyid 1' right after starting ntpdc solves the 
problem. Although I'd be interested in other solutions, or at least point me 
to where you've talked about them before. I use ntpdc regularly for 
adding/removing servers and fudging refclock values, etc. It's useful as I 
don't have to restart the server all the time.

Not that it matters, as no one is maintaining ntpdc currently, but I think I 
found a bug while messing with it:

saturn:$ ntpdc
ntpdc> keyid
no keyid defined
ntpdc> unconfig 63.240.161.99
MD5 Password:
***Permission denied
ntpdc> keyid
keyid is 134682920

It seems to randomly generate a keyid and specify it for use, and then 
prompt for a password for that keyid even though it doesn't exist. And if I 
do it again:

saturn:$ ntpdc
ntpdc> keyid
no keyid defined
ntpdc> unconfig 63.240.161.99
MD5 Password:
***Permission denied
ntpdc> keyid
keyid is 134686616

A different keyid is generated.

Anyway, thanks for the help!

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