[ntp:questions] xntpd crash on solaris 8

kk at girard.org kk at girard.org
Tue Jul 25 01:25:49 UTC 2006


Hi,all:


There are 3 sun solaris 8 boxes in my lab, resently I tried  to open xntpd
service on them---2 as servers,one as client, but met a strange thing.

When startup the xntpd on 3 boxes, all time are syncronized. If I adjusted
the time of client 10 min forward, xntpd could sync it by about 4 poll
interval, but when I adjusted the client time about 2 hours forward, the
xntpd daemon crashed after about 4 poll interval!

I checked the process by "ntpq -c peers", the normal log is as following:

 BJWSS_ccm_1_14_1:> while [ 1 ]; do ntpq -c peers; sleep 10; done
     remote           refid      st t when poll reach   delay   offset
disp
============================================================================
==
*BJWSS_sam_1_5_1 .LCL.            1 u   25  128  377     0.53   -0.041
0.03
+BJWSS_sam_1_6_1 BJWSS_sam_1_5_1  2 u   35  128  377     0.49   -0.011
0.03
     remote           refid      st t when poll reach   delay   offset
disp
============================================================================
==
*BJWSS_sam_1_5_1 .LCL.            1 u   35  128  377     0.53   -0.041
0.03
+BJWSS_sam_1_6_1 BJWSS_sam_1_5_1  2 u   45  128  377     0.49   -0.011
0.03


but if I adjusted 2 hours forward of client, xntpd couldn't select a new
primary ntp server,after about 4 poll interval, xntpd daemon will crash
automatically :((

============================================================================
==
*BJWSS_sam_1_5_1 .LCL.            1 u 140m  128  377     0.53   -0.024
0.03
+BJWSS_sam_1_6_1 BJWSS_sam_1_5_1  2 u 141m  128  377     0.41    0.026
0.05
     remote           refid      st t when poll reach   delay   offset
disp
============================================================================
==
*BJWSS_sam_1_5_1 .LCL.            1 u 141m  128  377     0.53   -0.024
0.03
 BJWSS_sam_1_6_1 BJWSS_sam_1_5_1  2 u    8  128  377     0.46  -830538
15875.0
     remote           refid      st t when poll reach   delay   offset
disp
============================================================================
==
 BJWSS_sam_1_5_1 .LCL.            1 u    8  128  377     0.34  -830538
15875.0
 BJWSS_sam_1_6_1 BJWSS_sam_1_5_1  2 u   18  128  377     0.46  -830538
15875.0
     remote           refid      st t when poll reach   delay   offset
disp
============================================================================
==
 BJWSS_sam_1_5_1 .LCL.            1 u   18  128  377     0.34  -830538
15875.0
 BJWSS_sam_1_6_1 BJWSS_sam_1_5_1  2 u   28  128  377     0.46  -830538
15875.0

......

Any one met similar problem before? The OS version of the boxes is "SunOS
BJWSS_ccm_1_14_1 5.8 Generic_117350-12 sun4u sparc SUNW,Netra-240"...






The ntp.conf files are as following:

server1:
BJWSS_sam_1_5_1

# Either a peer or server.  Replace "XType" with a value from the
# table above.
server 127.127.1.0 prefer
fudge 127.127.1.0 stratum 0
peer BJWSS_sam_1_6_1

enable auth monitor
driftfile /var/ntp/ntp.drift
statsdir /var/ntp/ntpstats/
filegen peerstats file peerstats type day enable
filegen loopstats file loopstats type day enable
filegen clockstats file clockstats type day enable

============================================================================

server2:

BJWSS_sam_1_6_1
# Either a peer or server.  Replace "XType" with a value from the
# table above.
server BJWSS_sam_1_5_1  prefer
#server 127.127.1.0
fudge 127.127.1.0 stratum 0
peer BJWSS_sam_1_5_1 minpoll 6

enable auth monitor
driftfile /var/ntp/ntp.drift
statsdir /var/ntp/ntpstats/
filegen peerstats file peerstats type day enable
filegen loopstats file loopstats type day enable
filegen clockstats file clockstats type day enable


============================================================================
================

Client

# /etc/inet/ntp.conf generated on Sat Jun  3 23:23:22 CST 2006
# @(#)ntp.client        1.2     96/11/06 SMI
#
# /etc/inet/ntp.client
#
# An example file that could be copied over to /etc/inet/ntp.conf; it
# provides a configuration for a host that passively waits for a server
# to provide NTP packets on the ntp multicast net.
#

server BJWSS_sam_1_5_1 prefer minpoll 6 maxpoll 7
server BJWSS_sam_1_6_1 minpoll 6 maxpoll 7
driftfile /var/ntp/ntp.drift

b/r

oxy





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