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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I was trying to figure out, how the ntp-check works, as I
sometimes get a ”no server suitable for synchronization” error when
performing this check.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Im not much of a C-coder, so I have why this line is
triggered in the code from bbtest-net.c below:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>void run_ntp_service(service_t *service)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>{<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> testitem_t *t;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> char cmd[1024];<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> char *p;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> char cmdpath[PATH_MAX];<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> p = xgetenv("NTPDATE");<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> strcpy(cmdpath, (p ? p :
"ntpdate"));<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> for (t=service->items; (t); t =
t->next) {<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> if (!t->host->dnserror) {<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> sprintf(cmd, "%s -u -q
-p 2 %s 2>&1", cmdpath, ip_to_test(t->host));<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> t->open =
(run_command(cmd, "no server suitable for synchronization",
t->banner, 1, extcmdtimeout) == 0);<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> }<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> }<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>}<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Can anyone explain under what conditions that phrase occurs?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Carl Melgaard</span></font></st1:PersonName><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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