[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#535049: Bug#535049: ntpd does not work (removes every server) when no network at boot time

[Kurt Roeckx]

On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 10:25:59PM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> On 2009-06-30 20:55:00 +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote:
> > I think your problem is that you have a local named that returns
> > a permanent error to ntpd when it tries to resolv.
> 
> Yes, because at boot time, the machine isn't connected yet.
> 
> > As far as I know ntpd will behave correctly when it can't reach a
> > nameserver.

All cases I've seen of this so far have been because you
have libnss-mdns install which returns a permantent failure
when it shouldn't.  

Can you please check what /etc/nsswitch.conf says for hosts?


Kurt