Re: ntp-4.2.0 in AIX 5.1L - how to integrate with SRC?

From: Alex (bozy_at_pisem.net)
Date: 11/09/04 

Date: Tue, 09 Nov 2004 12:24:01 +0200

Yes, it works! Thank you very much for the advice.

Alex

On Mon, 8 Nov 2004 20:11:31 +0000 (UTC), Simon Marchese
<sjm_news@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

>In article <ifsuo0phfhaufh4eo5jgf8b9vhuovrhluo@4ax.com>, bozy@pisem.net
>says...
>> Good day,
>>
>> I had problems running xntpd shipped with AIX 5.1L , ML 5100-07 (xntpd
>> exits or crashes with an error log entry with ID BC3BE5A3, error code
>> -9017, failing module 'xntpd'). I followed variuos threads on the
>> issue and downloaded/compiled ntp-4.2.0. It seems to run fine, no
>> crashes. Now I would like to integrate it as a subsystem with SRC
>> (same as AIX xntpd), startsrc starts the service, but lssrc reports it
>> as 'inoperative'. Obviously, I have chosen wrong method of
>> communications with SRC while issuing mkssys command. I used:
>>
>> # mkssys -s ntpd -p /usr/local/bin/ntpd -G tcpip -u 0 -i /dev/console
>> -o /dev/console -e /dev/console -w 20
>>
>> Did not find anything on IBM web site, no luck with googling around
>> either. Any advice?
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Alex
>>
>> PS. Strange enough, same version of 'xntpd' 3.4y runs fine on AIX
>> 4.3.3 ML11, this machine is a primary NTP server on our network.
>>
>
>Make sure that your ntpd is not "backgrounding" itself by forking and
>letting the parent die and getting inherited by init. You may have to
>add a parm to stop it doing so. I think it's "-n". If so, amend the
>above to:
>
># mkssys -s ntpd -p /usr/local/bin/ntpd -G tcpip -u 0 -i /dev/console
>> -o /dev/console -e /dev/console -w 20 -a '-n'
>
>or change it via:
>
># chgsys -s ntpd -a '-n'
>
>Let us know if that works.

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