[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#571469: ntp: does not start a boot any more

Francesco Potortì Potorti at isti.cnr.it
Thu Feb 25 16:23:05 UTC 2010


Package: ntp
Version: 1:4.2.6+dfsg-1
Severity: normal

Recently I discovered that ntpd would fail at boot time.  However, as
soon as I restart it, it works normally.  Here are logs extracted from
/var/log/daemon.log for a boot done in January, and for the boot made
today:


================ boot in January (all well) ================
Jan  7 15:41:30 tucano ntpd[14590]: ntpd 4.2.4p8 at 1.1612-o Tue Dec  8 22:21:51 UTC 2009 (1)
Jan  7 15:41:30 tucano ntpd[14591]: precision = 2.000 usec
Jan  7 15:41:30 tucano ntpd[14591]: Listening on interface #0 wildcard, 0.0.0.0#123 Disabled
Jan  7 15:41:30 tucano ntpd[14591]: Listening on interface #1 wildcard, ::#123 Disabled
Jan  7 15:41:30 tucano ntpd[14591]: Listening on interface #2 lo, ::1#123 Enabled
Jan  7 15:41:30 tucano ntpd[14591]: Listening on interface #3 eth2, 2001:760:4000:50:215:f2ff:fe94:e1d8#123 Enabled
Jan  7 15:41:30 tucano ntpd[14591]: Listening on interface #4 eth2, fe80::215:f2ff:fe94:e1d8#123 Enabled
Jan  7 15:41:30 tucano ntpd[14591]: Listening on interface #5 lo, 127.0.0.1#123 Enabled
Jan  7 15:41:30 tucano ntpd[14591]: Listening on interface #6 eth2, 146.48.81.102#123 Enabled
Jan  7 15:41:30 tucano ntpd[14591]: kernel time sync status 2040
Jan  7 15:41:30 tucano ntpd[14591]: frequency initialized 11.005 PPM from /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift
Jan  7 15:41:38 tucano ntpd[14591]: synchronized to 193.204.114.232, stratum 1
Jan  7 15:41:38 tucano ntpd[14591]: kernel time sync status change 2001
Jan  7 15:50:11 tucano ntpd[14591]: synchronized to 193.204.114.233, stratum 1
Jan  7 16:02:00 tucano ntpd[14591]: synchronized to 193.204.114.232, stratum 1
Jan  7 16:25:52 tucano ntpd[14591]: synchronized to 193.204.114.233, stratum 1
...


================ boot today (not working) ================
/var/log/daemon.log:Feb 25 12:34:19 tucano ntpd[2781]: ntpd 4.2.6 at 1.2089-o Mon Feb  8 19:06:26 UTC 2010 (1)
/var/log/daemon.log:Feb 25 12:34:19 tucano ntpd[2789]: proto: precision = 0.328 usec
/var/log/daemon.log:Feb 25 12:34:20 tucano ntpd[2789]: Listen and drop on 0 v4wildcard 0.0.0.0 UDP 123
/var/log/daemon.log:Feb 25 12:34:20 tucano ntpd[2789]: Listen and drop on 1 v6wildcard :: UDP 123
/var/log/daemon.log:Feb 25 12:34:20 tucano ntpd[2789]: Listen normally on 2 lo 127.0.0.1 UDP 123
/var/log/daemon.log:Feb 25 12:34:21 tucano ntpd[2789]: Listen normally on 3 lo ::1 UDP 123
/var/log/daemon.log:Feb 25 12:34:21 tucano ntpd[2789]: Deferring DNS for ntp1.ien.it 1
/var/log/daemon.log:Feb 25 12:34:21 tucano ntpd[2789]: Deferring DNS for ntp2.ien.it 1
/var/log/daemon.log:Feb 25 12:34:22 tucano ntpd[2789]: Deferring DNS for ntp1.inrim.it 1
/var/log/daemon.log:Feb 25 12:34:23 tucano ntpd[2789]: Deferring DNS for ntp2.inrim.it 1
/var/log/daemon.log:Feb 25 12:34:23 tucano ntpd[2789]: Deferring DNS for swisstime.ethz.ch 1
/var/log/daemon.log:Feb 25 12:34:23 tucano ntpd[2789]: Deferring DNS for a.ns.madduck.net 1
/var/log/daemon.log:Feb 25 12:34:24 tucano ntpd[2789]: Deferring DNS for zbasel.fortytwo.ch 1
/var/log/daemon.log:Feb 25 12:34:24 tucano ntpd[2822]: signal_no_reset: signal 17 had flags 4000000
/var/log/daemon.log:Feb 25 12:34:28 tucano ntpd_intres[2822]: host name not found: ntp1.ien.it
/var/log/daemon.log:Feb 25 12:34:28 tucano ntpd_intres[2822]: host name not found: ntp2.ien.it
/var/log/daemon.log:Feb 25 12:34:29 tucano ntpd_intres[2822]: host name not found: ntp1.inrim.it
/var/log/daemon.log:Feb 25 12:34:29 tucano ntpd_intres[2822]: host name not found: ntp2.inrim.it
/var/log/daemon.log:Feb 25 12:34:30 tucano ntpd_intres[2822]: host name not found: swisstime.ethz.ch
/var/log/daemon.log:Feb 25 12:34:30 tucano ntpd_intres[2822]: host name not found: a.ns.madduck.net
/var/log/daemon.log:Feb 25 12:34:31 tucano ntpd_intres[2822]: host name not found: zbasel.fortytwo.ch
/var/log/daemon.log:Feb 25 12:34:56 tucano ntpdate[3679]: ntpdate 4.2.6 at 1.2089-o Mon Feb  8 19:06:27 UTC 2010 (1)
/var/log/daemon.log:Feb 25 12:35:01 tucano ntpdate[3679]: the NTP socket is in use, exiting
/var/log/daemon.log:Feb 25 12:35:31 tucano ntpd_intres[2822]: DNS ntp1.ien.it -> 193.204.114.232
/var/log/daemon.log:Feb 25 12:35:31 tucano ntpd_intres[2822]: ntp_intres.request: permission denied
/var/log/daemon.log:Feb 25 12:35:31 tucano ntpd_intres[2822]: DNS ntp2.ien.it -> 193.204.114.233
/var/log/daemon.log:Feb 25 12:35:31 tucano ntpd_intres[2822]: ntp_intres.request: permission denied
/var/log/daemon.log:Feb 25 12:35:31 tucano ntpd_intres[2822]: DNS ntp1.inrim.it -> 193.204.114.232
/var/log/daemon.log:Feb 25 12:35:31 tucano ntpd_intres[2822]: ntp_intres.request: permission denied
/var/log/daemon.log:Feb 25 12:35:31 tucano ntpd_intres[2822]: DNS ntp2.inrim.it -> 193.204.114.233
/var/log/daemon.log:Feb 25 12:35:31 tucano ntpd_intres[2822]: ntp_intres.request: permission denied
/var/log/daemon.log:Feb 25 12:35:31 tucano ntpd_intres[2822]: DNS swisstime.ethz.ch -> 129.132.2.21
/var/log/daemon.log:Feb 25 12:35:32 tucano ntpd_intres[2822]: ntp_intres.request: permission denied
/var/log/daemon.log:Feb 25 12:35:32 tucano ntpd_intres[2822]: DNS a.ns.madduck.net -> 2001:6f8:128a::1
/var/log/daemon.log:Feb 25 12:35:32 tucano ntpd_intres[2822]: ntp_intres.request: permission denied
/var/log/daemon.log:Feb 25 12:35:32 tucano ntpd_intres[2822]: DNS zbasel.fortytwo.ch -> 193.138.215.60
/var/log/daemon.log:Feb 25 12:35:32 tucano ntpd_intres[2822]: ntp_intres.request: permission denied
/var/log/daemon.log:Feb 25 12:36:32 tucano ntpd_intres[2822]: ntp_intres.request: permission denied
/var/log/daemon.log:Feb 25 12:37:34 tucano ntpd_intres[2822]: ntp_intres.request: permission denied
/var/log/daemon.log:Feb 25 12:38:34 tucano ntpd_intres[2822]: ntp_intres.request: permission denied
/var/log/daemon.log:Feb 25 12:39:23 tucano ntpd[2789]: Listen normally on 4 eth3 146.48.81.102 UDP 123
/var/log/daemon.log:Feb 25 12:39:24 tucano ntpd[2789]: Listen normally on 5 eth3 2a00:1620:c0:50:e2cb:4eff:fe38:b775 UDP 123
/var/log/daemon.log:Feb 25 12:39:24 tucano ntpd[2789]: Listen normally on 6 eth3 fe80::e2cb:4eff:fe38:b775 UDP 123
/var/log/daemon.log:Feb 25 12:39:25 tucano ntpd_intres[2822]: ntp_intres.request: permission denied
/var/log/daemon.log:Feb 25 12:40:25 tucano ntpd_intres[2822]: ntp_intres.request: permission denied
/var/log/daemon.log:Feb 25 12:41:26 tucano ntpd_intres[2822]: ntp_intres.request: permission denied
/var/log/daemon.log:Feb 25 12:42:27 tucano ntpd_intres[2822]: ntp_intres.request: permission denied
...


================ today, after restarting ntp (all well) ================
/var/log/daemon.log:Feb 25 17:05:29 tucano ntpd[31979]: ntpd 4.2.6 at 1.2089-o Mon Feb  8 19:06:26 UTC 2010 (1)
/var/log/daemon.log:Feb 25 17:05:29 tucano ntpd[31980]: proto: precision = 0.329 usec
/var/log/daemon.log:Feb 25 17:05:29 tucano ntpd[31980]: Listen and drop on 0 v4wildcard 0.0.0.0 UDP 123
/var/log/daemon.log:Feb 25 17:05:29 tucano ntpd[31980]: Listen and drop on 1 v6wildcard :: UDP 123
/var/log/daemon.log:Feb 25 17:05:29 tucano ntpd[31980]: Listen normally on 2 lo 127.0.0.1 UDP 123
/var/log/daemon.log:Feb 25 17:05:29 tucano ntpd[31980]: Listen normally on 3 eth3 146.48.81.102 UDP 123
/var/log/daemon.log:Feb 25 17:05:29 tucano ntpd[31980]: Listen normally on 4 lo ::1 UDP 123
/var/log/daemon.log:Feb 25 17:05:29 tucano ntpd[31980]: Listen normally on 5 eth3 2a00:1620:c0:50:e2cb:4eff:fe38:b775 UDP 123
/var/log/daemon.log:Feb 25 17:05:29 tucano ntpd[31980]: Listen normally on 6 eth3 fe80::e2cb:4eff:fe38:b775 UDP 123
/var/log/daemon.log:Feb 25 17:05:44 tucano ntpd_intres[2822]: parent died before we finished, exiting


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'testing-proposed-updates')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=it_IT.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages ntp depends on:
ii  adduser                  3.112           add and remove users and groups
ii  libc6                    2.10.2-2        GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcap2                  1:2.17-2        support for getting/setting POSIX.
ii  libedit2                 2.11-20080614-1 BSD editline and history libraries
ii  libopts25                1:5.10-1.1      automated option processing librar
ii  libssl0.9.8              0.9.8k-8        SSL shared libraries
ii  lsb-base                 3.2-23          Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii  netbase                  4.40            Basic TCP/IP networking system

Versions of packages ntp recommends:
ii  perl                          5.10.1-11  Larry Wall's Practical Extraction 

Versions of packages ntp suggests:
ii  ntp-doc                   1:4.2.6+dfsg-1 Network Time Protocol documentatio

-- no debconf information





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