[ntp:questions] Synchronization and Non-Synchronization status
Jaiprabhu
jaiprabhu at somewhere.in.this.world
Sat Feb 20 19:48:27 UTC 2010
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> Jaiprabhu wrote:
>> Steve Kostecke wrote:
>>> ntpd already provides a trap mechanism for sending out event
>>> information. There is an implementation of a trap client in the
>>> ./scripts directory of the distribution.
>>>
>>> I suggest you take a look at this before you go off and re-invent the
>>> wheel.
>
> <http://www.cis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/html/miscopt.html#trap>
>
>
>> The trap utility would not be very usable for me.
>> For one thing we do not have perl on the systems we are working with.
>
> Write one in whatever language you want, for whatever platform you want?
> <http://www.cis.udel.edu/~mills/database/rfc/rfc1305/rfc1305c.pdf>
> See 2.1. NTP Control Message Format, (Mode 6 packet)
> Op Code 6 set trap address/port command/response & Op Code 7 trap response
>
Thanks for the pointer.
>
>> Secondly, and please correct me if I am wrong, I am not
>> sure that it actually generates a trap for a sync lost
>> kind of event.
>
> ... Trap Response (7): This message is sent when a system, peer or clock exception event occurs ...
> If a system trap the association identifier field is set to zero
> and the status field contains the system status word.
> If a peer trap the association identifier field is set to that peer
> and the status field contains the peer status word.
>
>
> either System Status Word
> Leap Indicator (LI): 11 alarm condition (clock not synchronized)
> Clock Source: ...
> System Event Code:
> 1 system restart
> 2 system or hardware fault
> 3 system new status word (leap bits or synchronization change)
> 4 system new synchronization source or stratum (sys.peer or sys.stratum change)
> 5 system clock reset (offset correction exceeds CLOCK.MAX)
> 6 system invalid time or date (see NTP specification)
> 7 system clock exception (see system clock status word)
>
> or Peer Status Word
> Peer Status: 3 reachability okay (peer.reach not 0)
> Peer Selection (Sel): 5 current synchronization source; max distance exceeded
> 6 current synchronization source; max distance okay
> Peer Event Code:
> 1 peer IP error
> 2 peer authentication failure (peer.authentic bit was one now zero)
> 3 peer unreachable (peer.reach was nonzero now zero)
> 4 peer reachable (peer.reach was zero now nonzero)
> 5 peer clock exception (see peer clock status word)
>
>
This helps and I was probably wrong. I think what I am interested in is
the "System Status Word" because I want the overall state of the system.
I think then even the following can also be added to the list of indicators?
[...]
Clock Source: This is a six-bit integer indicating the current
synchronization source, with values
coded as follows:
0 unspecified or unknown
[...]
[...]
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