[ntp:hackers] configuration file rewrite
Greg Dowd
GDowd at symmetricom.com
Fri Feb 24 21:35:28 UTC 2006
Config file mods picked up by a daemon HUP would be great.
Greg Dowd
gdowd at symmetricom dot com (antispam format)
Technologist, TT&M Div.
Symmetricom, Inc.
www.symmetricom.com
"The current implementation is non-obvious and may need to be improved."
-----Original Message-----
From: hackers-bounces at support.ntp.org
[mailto:hackers-bounces at support.ntp.org] On Behalf Of John Pettitt
Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 11:55 AM
To: Harlan Stenn
Cc: hackers at ntp.isc.org; mills at udel.edu
Subject: Re: [ntp:hackers] configuration file rewrite
Harlan Stenn wrote:
> Dave tells me he has a student who is rewriting the ntp configuration
> file format and processing.
>
> As I understand it, a side effect of this effort will be that we will
> lose the mode 7 remote configuration stuff.
>
> Does anybody have a strong objection to losing the ability to remotely
> configure ntpd?
>
> H
>
>
No objection - but please please make it barf and abort with a useful
message on syntax errors; it's really annoying to have a typo in a
config that the software silently ignores.
John
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