ntpdate on boot problem

[Michael Sierchio]

Are you running a firewall?  Do you have a ppp connection?

This happens when there is a dependency that is not expressed in the
/etc/rc.d scripts.

- M

On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 2:52 PM, Robert Simmons <rsimmons0 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Is there a way to make sure that the interface is UP and working
> before running ntpdate at boot on a box with a static IP address?
>
> After setting ntpdate_enable="YES" in rc.conf, I get the following
> error on boot:
>
> Setting date via ntp.
> Error : hostname nor servname provided, or not known
>  5 Nov 17:11:05
> ntpdate[786]: can't find host 0.freebsd.pool.ntp.org
>
> Error : hostname nor servname provided, or not known
>  5 Nov 17:11:05
> ntpdate[786]: can't find host 1.freebsd.pool.ntp.org
>
> Error : hostname nor servname provided, or not known
>  5 Nov 17:11:05
> ntpdate[786]: can't find host 2.freebsd.pool.ntp.org
>
>  5 Nov 17:11:05
> ntpdate[786]: no servers can be used, exiting
>
> I've had this problem with machines using DHCP and the solution was to
> use SYNCDHCP rather than DHCP in rc.conf.  However, this box is using
> a static IP address.  But the problem seems to be similar.
>
> Rob
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