ntp-client does not start at boot.

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LegionOfHell · Post by **LegionOfHell** » Fri Sep 27, 2019 10:56 pm

What I did:

emerge --ask net-misc/ntp

rc-service ntp-client start

rc-update add ntp-client default

but when I boot i get :

* Setting clock via NTP client 'ntpdate' ...

Exiting, name server cannot be used: Temporary failure in name resolution (-3) * Failed to set clock

* ERROR: ntp-client failed to start

and when i run ;

rc-service ntp-client status

it says that it is stopped...

manually starting ntp-client works...

DONAHUE · Post by **DONAHUE** » Sat Sep 28, 2019 12:51 am

emerge --ask net-misc/ntp
rc-update add ntpd default
reboot
Need a network connection (net), a Domain name service (dns), and a log service (logger) for ntp-client to work. The error message says dns is missing at the time ntp-client is called to start during init's default run level.
Does /etc/resolv.conf have a valid nameserver line?

LegionOfHell · Post by **LegionOfHell** » Sat Sep 28, 2019 2:47 am

removed ntp-client and added ntpd to default runlevel....things are working now(I get no errors) ..

How do I disable the server in ntpd and use only the client ?

freke · Post by **freke** » Sat Sep 28, 2019 4:25 pm

ntp-client is the client - ntpd is the server - no?

is

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rc_use="dns"

enabled in /etc/conf.d/ntp-client?

The client is able to recover from BIG offsets - while the server bails out on starting if the offset is too big (afaik/iirc).

LegionOfHell · Post by **LegionOfHell** » Sat Sep 28, 2019 5:31 pm

rc_use="dns" is enabled ...

ntpd is both a server and a client too...correct ?

stoffepojken · Post by **stoffepojken** » Sat Sep 28, 2019 5:48 pm

LegionOfHell wrote:rc_use="dns" is enabled ...

ntpd is both a server and a client too...correct ?

ntpd only listens on localhost by default

LegionOfHell · Post by **LegionOfHell** » Sat Sep 28, 2019 5:52 pm

This is how my /etc/resolv.conf looks like :

++++++++++++++
domain home
nameserver 192.168.2.1
nameserver 207.164.234.129
++++++++++++++

LegionOfHell · Post by **LegionOfHell** » Sat Sep 28, 2019 5:55 pm

here is the line from Gentoo Wiki:

"The server is both a client, and server. If the setup can not access net early in init, use server only instead."

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Ntp#Server_2

stoffepojken · Post by **stoffepojken** » Sat Sep 28, 2019 5:56 pm

LegionOfHell wrote:
LegionOfHell wrote:rc_use="dns" is enabled ...

ntpd is both a server and a client too...correct ?
here is the line from Gentoo Wiki:

"The server is both a client, and server. If the setup can not access net early in init, use server only instead."

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Ntp#Server_2

Do you use Networkmanager?

LegionOfHell · Post by **LegionOfHell** » Sat Sep 28, 2019 6:02 pm

dhcpcd+wpa_supplicant

stoffepojken · Post by **stoffepojken** » Sat Sep 28, 2019 6:04 pm

Enable only localhost in /etc/ntp.conf and you have no server

LegionOfHell · Post by **LegionOfHell** » Sat Sep 28, 2019 7:25 pm

Here is the restrict lines in my /etc/ntp.conf :

restrict default kod nomodify notrap nopeer noquery
restrict 127.0.0.1

how do I disable localhost too ? so that there are no listening ports ?

stoffepojken · Post by **stoffepojken** » Sat Sep 28, 2019 7:35 pm

LegionOfHell wrote:Here is the restrict lines in my /etc/ntp.conf :

restrict default kod nomodify notrap nopeer noquery
restrict 127.0.0.1

how do I disable localhost too ? so that there are no listening ports ?

disable ntpd and use ntpdate as cron job may work

Post by **Juippisi** » Sun Sep 29, 2019 1:15 pm

Getting npt-client to sync on boot was always behind a hassle. Ever since I switched to chrony it always just worked.

LegionOfHell · Post by **LegionOfHell** » Sun Sep 29, 2019 1:49 pm

I guess chronyd also produces some listening ports just like ntpd ? or is it different ?

madurani · Post by **madurani** » Fri Oct 04, 2019 11:16 am

I had same problem and solution for me was small change in /etc/init.d/ntp-client

To section start I added sleep 10:

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start() {
        checkconfig || return $?
        sleep 10
        ebegin "Setting clock via the NTP client '${NTPCLIENT_CMD}'"
        "${NTPCLIENT_CMD}" ${NTPCLIENT_OPTS}
        eend $? "Failed to set clock"

bunder · Post by **bunder** » Fri Oct 04, 2019 11:39 am

LegionOfHell wrote:How do I disable the server in ntpd and use only the client ?

if you are using /etc/conf.d/net.* (netifrc) instead of /etc/init.d/dhcpcd, you might want to edit /etc/dhcpcd.conf and enable "option ntp_servers"... then edit ntp.conf, comment out the server lines, leave the rest as-is. restart net.* and ntpd, and if all is well, you should see only one line in "ntpq -p".

cheers