* Giancarlo Razzolini  [2008-09-09 21:20]:

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> Peter Fraser escreveu:

> > OpenBSD 4.3 (GENERIC) #698: Wed Mar 12 11:07:05 MDT 2008

> >

> > -----Original Message-----

> > From: owner-misc@openbsd.org [mailto:owner-misc@openbsd.org] On Behalf Of

> > Frank Bax

> > Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2008 5:50 PM

> > To: misc@openbsd.org

> > Subject: Re: ntpd can hang on boot

> >

> > Peter Fraser wrote:

> >

> >> I stupidly screwed up my pf.conf, as a result "ntpd -s" which is invoked in

> >> /etc/rc (as a result of my /etc/rc.conf.local) could not resolve the names

> >>

> > of

> >

> >> the time servers.

> >>

> >

> >

> > What version?

> > http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/openbsd-misc/2007/11/16/420560

> >

> >

> >

> Pal, use rdate and it will timeout after 2 minutes. I don't like to use

> the -s option of ntpd exactly for this problem. When there wasn't a

> internet  connection, it will simply hang. rdate will not hang (at least

> not indefinitely).

ntpd -s will time out eventually, but the 'eventually' might be

painfully far away. it's the dns routines that block and cause these

problems. i know how to fix this but haven't found the time to do so

yet. maybe i get a chance on the flight later today. maybe.
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