conf/144804: ntpd cannot resolve hostnames at system start

[Garrett Cooper]

The following reply was made to PR conf/144804; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Garrett Cooper <yanefbsd at gmail.com>
To: andy wilson <wilson.andrew.j at gmail.com>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: conf/144804: ntpd cannot resolve hostnames at system start
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:11:01 -0700

 On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 1:02 PM, andy wilson <wilson.andrew.j at gmail.com> wr=
 ote:
 >
 >>Number: =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 144804
 >>Category: =A0 =A0 =A0 conf
 >>Synopsis: =A0 =A0 =A0 ntpd cannot resolve hostnames at system start
 >>Confidential: =A0 no
 >>Severity: =A0 =A0 =A0 non-critical
 >>Priority: =A0 =A0 =A0 low
 >>Responsible: =A0 =A0freebsd-bugs
 >>State: =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0open
 >>Quarter:
 >>Keywords:
 >>Date-Required:
 >>Class: =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0sw-bug
 >>Submitter-Id: =A0 current-users
 >>Arrival-Date: =A0 Tue Mar 16 20:10:00 UTC 2010
 >>Closed-Date:
 >>Last-Modified:
 >>Originator: =A0 =A0 andy wilson
 >>Release: =A0 =A0 =A0 =A08.0-RELEASE-p2
 >>Organization:
 >>Environment:
 > FreeBSD urania.tx.net 8.0-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE-p2 #1: Wed Mar 1=
 0 13:27:38 CST 2010 =A0 =A0 root at urania.tx.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/URANIA =
 =A0i386
 >>Description:
 >
 > Due to network initialization taking longer at system startup on 8.0, ntp=
 d cannot resolve hostnames when it is run by /etc/rc.d/ntpd
 >
 >
 > It spits out some messages that look something like:
 >
 > ntpd_initres[1469]: host name not found: time.nist.gov
 > ntpd_initres[1469]: couldn't resolve `time.nist.gov', giving up on it
 > ntpd_initres[1469]: host name not found: time-b.nist.gov
 > ntpd_initres[1469]: couldn't resolve `time-b.nist.gov', giving up on it
 > ntpd_initres[1469]: host name not found: time-c.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov
 > ntpd_initres[1469]: couldn't resolve `time-c.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov', givin=
 g up on it
 >
 >
 > In this state ntpd isn't very useful until it is restarted after the netw=
 ork is ready to go.
 >
 >
 >
 > # ntpq -p
 > No association ID's returned
 > # /etc/rc.d/ntpd restart
 > Stopping ntpd.
 > Starting ntpd.
 > # ntpq -p
 > =A0 =A0 remote =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 refid =A0 =A0 =A0st t when poll reach =
 =A0 delay =A0 offset =A0jitter
 > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
 =3D=3D=3D=3D
 > =A0time.nist.gov =A0 .ACTS. =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 1 u =A0 =A03 =A0 64 =A0 =
 =A01 =A0 40.103 =A0-20.364 =A0 0.004
 > =A0time-b.nist.gov .ACTS. =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 1 u =A0 =A02 =A0 64 =A0 =A0=
 0 =A0 =A00.000 =A0 =A00.000 =A0 0.000
 > =A0time-C.timefreq .ACTS. =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 1 u =A0 =A01 =A0 64 =A0 =A0=
 1 =A0 40.769 =A0-20.209 =A0 0.004
 > =A0nist1.symmetric .ACTS. =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 1 u =A0 =A01 =A0 64 =A0 =A0=
 1 =A0 67.883 =A0-11.069 =A0 0.004
 >
 >
 >
 >>How-To-Repeat:
 >
 > Configure time servers by hostname in /etc/ntp.conf, set ntpd_enable=3D"Y=
 ES" in rc.conf and reboot.
 
 Same thing applies to ntpdate, so if there are already some bugs in
 GNATS about that, this should be duped appropriately.
 -Garrett