[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#560960: deal gracefully with ipv6 address change
Kurt Roeckx
kurt at roeckx.be
Sat Dec 26 12:47:13 UTC 2009
On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 09:15:02AM +0100, martin f krafft wrote:
> Package: ntpd
> Version: 1:4.2.4p4+dfsg-8lenny3
> Severity: normal
> Tags: ipv6
>
> I recently deprecated an IPv6 prefix at home, but the clients running ntp
> didn't deal well when the address disappeared:
>
> ntpd[21267]: bind() fd 18, family 10, port 123, scope 2, addr 2001:470:b40a:0:214:fdff:fe30:386a, in6_is_addr_multicast=0 flags=0x11 fails: Cannot assign requested address
> ntpd[21267]: unable to create socket on lan (12) for 2001:470:b40a:0:214:fdff:fe30:386a#123
> ntpd[21267]: failed to initialize interface for address 2001:470:b40a:0:214:fdff:fe30:386a
>
> Thie keeps going on forever until I restart ntpd.
So you're running the version stable on squeeze/sid?
Do you have "dynamic" for your server/peer lines in ntp.conf?
(This is still required for the version in lenny, is the default
the version from squeeze/sid).
Kurt
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: squeeze/sid
> APT prefers unstable
> APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
> Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
>
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.31-1-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
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> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
>
> --
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