Bug 64171 – When you emerge NTP v4.2.x, the /usr/share/ntp.conf config file will have multiple restrict lines.

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE

[Description Oliver F J Snowden 2004-09-15 13:03:14 UTC]

It is evident from: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_NTP that this is a known problem. 

Basically, NTP v4.2.x doesn't support multiple restrict lines. Therefore, when the default /usr/share/ntp/ntp.conf is copied to /etc/ntp.conf, it doesn't work because "restrict default notrust nomodify" and "restrict 127.0.0.1" need to be combined into "restrict 127.0.0.1 notrust nomodify".

Without performing the above correction, when one types "ntpq -np", the jitter is set to 4000 and the output looks something like: 

remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter                                  
===================================================                                    
tock.usno.navy 0.0.0.0 16 u - 64 0 0.000 0.000 4000.00




Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge ntp
2. cp /usr/share/ntp/ntp.conf
3. /etc/init.d/ntpd start

Actual Results:  
remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter                          
       
===================================================                            
       
tock.usno.navy 0.0.0.0 16 u - 64 0 0.000 0.000 4000.00

Expected Results:  
4000 should be closer to 0!

This is only a minor issue - although it does waste time!

[Comment 1 Oliver F J Snowden 2004-09-15 13:15:07 UTC]

Steps to Reproduce should be:
1. emerge ntp
2. cp /usr/share/ntp/ntp.conf /etc/ntp.conf
3. /etc/init.d/ntpd start

[Comment 2 SpanKY 2004-11-09 07:30:22 UTC]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 65502 ***