[ntp:questions] Getting the version string programmatically ...
Steve Kostecke
kostecke at ntp.org
Thu Dec 17 19:24:21 UTC 2009
On 2009-12-17, David J Taylor <david-taylor at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> "Harlan Stenn" <stenn at ntp.org> wrote:
>
>> Using 4.2.6, run a tcpdump against the conversation of:
>>
>> ntpq -c 'rv 0 version'
>
> Thanks for the suggestion, Harlan. I managed to use Wireshark to do
> that against: ntpq -c rv which brought me back more information,
> although it's only the version string I want for now.
Use wireshark again and capture this:
ntpq -crv; ntpq -c'rv 0 version'
Then compare both request packets. The difference should be obvious.
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Steve Kostecke <kostecke at ntp.org>
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