[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#454059: closed by Peter Eisentraut <peter_e at gmx.net> (Re: Bug#454059: no way to statically over-ride ntp server list if provided by dhcp)

[Peter Eisentraut]

Am Montag, 3. Dezember 2007 schrieb Rick Thomas:
> Question bottom posted.
>
> On Dec 3, 2007, at 7:36 AM, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:
> > This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report
> > which was filed against the ntp package:
> >
> > #454059: no way to statically over-ride ntp server list if provided
> > by dhcp
> >
> > It has been closed by Peter Eisentraut <peter_e at gmx.net>.
> >
> > Their explanation is attached below.  If this explanation is
> > unsatisfactory and you have not received a better one in a separate
> > message then please contact Peter Eisentraut <peter_e at gmx.net> by
> > replying
> > to this email.
> >
> > Debian bug tracking system administrator
> > (administrator, Debian Bugs database)
> >
> >
> > From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e at gmx.net>
> > Date: December 3, 2007 7:20:02 AM EST
> > To: 454059-done at bugs.debian.org
> > Subject: Re: [pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#454059: no way to statically
> > over-ride ntp server list if provided by dhcp
> >
> > Am Sonntag, 2. Dezember 2007 schrieb Rick Thomas:
> >> If the DHCP server provides a list of NTP servers, the 1:4.2.2.p3
> >> +dfsg-1
> >> patch will use them to over-ride a static list of servers in
> >> ntp.conf.  If
> >> the static list in ntp.conf is actually wanted, there is no way to
> >> tell it
> >> to ignore the list from DHCP.
> >
> > Please observe the following note in README.Debian:
> >
> > """
> > In order for this to work, the "ntp-servers" option must be mentioned
> > in the "request" statement in /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf.  This is not
> > the case in a default installation.  A complete configuration might
> > look like this, for example:
> >
> >     request subnet-mask, broadcast-address, time-offset, routers,
> >             domain-name, domain-name-servers, host-name,
> >             netbios-name-servers, netbios-scope, interface-mtu,
> >             ntp-servers;
> >
> > If you don't like using the NTP servers sent by the DHCP server, this
> > is also the right place to turn off this behavior.
> > """
>
> Thanks for pointing me to the README.Debian comment.  Sorry for not
> being thorough before I submitted this bugreport!
>
> Just to be sure I've got this straight, is it that case that:
>
> 1) The recommended way to over-ride the NTP servers offered by dhcp
> is to manually edit the /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf file.
>
> 2) There is no configuration option available at debian-installer
> time or later via dpkg-reconfigure to turn it off.
>
> Have I got it right?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Rick

yes