leapsecond file

Michael Butler imb at protected-networks.net
Mon Aug 8 02:25:27 UTC 2016


On 08/07/16 22:11, Randy Bush wrote:
> i get these on all fbsd 10.3 hosts
> 
> Aug  7 04:13:06 cache0 ntpd[576]: leapsecond file ('/var/db/ntpd.leap-seconds.list'): expired less than 68 days ago
> 
> i have
> 
> # grep ntp /etc/periodic.conf.local 
> # 480.leapfile-ntpd
> daily_ntpd_leapfile_enable="YES"
> daily_ntpd_avoid_congestion="NO"
> 
> consulting the net of a thousand lies did not bring enlightenment.
> maybe someone here has a clue bat?  thanks.

"Broken" as designed :-(

For whatever reason, /etc/periodic/daily/480.leapfile-ntpd enters the
check phase on every invocation (daily), sleeps some random time less
than one day (if "avoid_congestion" true) and then decides that the file
is too young to replace (the current file expires June 1st, 2017). Logs
that to syslog .. rinse and repeat .. every day .. <sigh>

	imb






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