10.2-BETA2 patch etc/ntp.conf, for upgraders utilizing ntpdc(8) [WAS: Re: 10.2-BETA2 patch etc/ntp.conf to enable ntpd pool client functionality]

[Harald Schmalzbauer]

 Bezüglich Matt Smith's Nachricht vom 24.07.2015 11:35 (localtime):
> On Jul 24 12:27, John Marshall wrote:
>> I have submitted a patch to the distributed ntp.conf to enable ntpd pool
>> client functionality.  This was not possible in the ancient version of
>> ntpd shipped with FreeBSD releases over the past several years.
>>
>>  https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=201803
>>

Thank you. Hopefully this patch will be commited soon.

I'd also like to make an additional, unrelated, suggestion, specific to
10.2 upgraders:

--- ntp.conf.orig1      2015-07-24 14:54:23.378446000 +0200
+++ ntp.conf    2015-07-24 14:53:15.242509000 +0200
@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@
 restrict 127.0.0.1
 restrict ::1
 
+# NTP mode 7 implementation-specific requests, as used by the deprecated
+# ntpdc(8) utility, are no longer processed by default (v4.2.8).
+# Use ntpq(8) instead of ntpdc(8), or restore the old behaviour at the cost
+# of additional security risks, depending on your 'restrict' options.
+#enable mode7
+
 #
 # If a server loses sync with all upstream servers, NTP clients
 # no longer follow that server. The local clock can be configured

I have been using ntpdc(8) for a very long time and unfortunately
ignored ntpq(8) yet, so that it took me a significat ammount of time to
find out why my 10-stable -> 10.2-Beta2 update suddenly stopped talking
to me like I'd expect...

Thanks,

-Harry

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