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....@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....@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....@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....@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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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