[ntp:questions] 2nd try: error: sendto(x.x.x.x): Bad file descriptor ?

David Lord snews at lordynet.org
Mon Jul 11 09:15:50 UTC 2011


wasimm wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Help, please.
> 
> When I try to start 'ntpd' on a netbsd system, I get 
> 'sendto(32.33.33.1): Bad file descriptor' error message
> and the ntpd daemon does not start.
> A search on the internet tells that this kind of error message 
> is seen if there is an existing ntpd daemon is running and the
> use is starting another daemon. But I did not have any daemon running prior to my execution of the ntpd command.
> 
> I have the following entry in my /etc/ntp.conf
> 
> server 32.33.33.1
> restrict 127.0.0.1
> 
> The command I used is:
> 
> # ./ntpd -c /etc/ntp.conf
> # Jul  9 07:18:28 Ericsson ntpd[981]: sendto(32.33.33.1): Bad file descriptor
> 
> Here is the debug log of the 'ntpd' I tried to run.
> Debug log of ntpd
> -----------------
> 
> Jul  9 07:18:27 ntpd[981]: ntpd 4.2.0-r Fri Jun 17 14:21:33 PDT 2011 (1)
> Jul  9 07:18:27 ntpd[981]: precision = 1.000 usec
> Jul  9 07:18:27 ntpd[981]: kernel time sync status 0040
> Jul  9 07:18:28 Ericsson ntpd[981]: sendto(32.33.33.1): Bad file descriptor

I've never seen that error but sometimes my /var/run entry
for ntpd doesn't get deleted and ntpd refuses to run with
an error that ntpd is already running. In that case removal
of the file in /var/run is all that's needed.


David





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