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author | roberto <roberto@FreeBSD.org> | 2008-08-22 15:58:00 +0000 |
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committer | roberto <roberto@FreeBSD.org> | 2008-08-22 15:58:00 +0000 |
commit | b85c7169a740b2edf0106ad59fdaa1b0160f823c (patch) | |
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Merge ntpd & friends 4.2.4p5 from vendor/ntp/dist into head. Next commit
will update usr.sbin/ntp to match this.
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diff --git a/contrib/ntp/sntp/sntp-opts.def b/contrib/ntp/sntp/sntp-opts.def new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d0ee84f --- /dev/null +++ b/contrib/ntp/sntp/sntp-opts.def @@ -0,0 +1,327 @@ +/* -*- Mode: Text -*- */ + +autogen definitions options; + +#include autogen-version.def + +copyright = { + date = "1970-2006"; + owner = "ntp.org"; + eaddr = "http://bugs.ntp.isc.org, bugs@ntp.org"; + type = note; + text = `cat COPYRIGHT`; +}; + + +prog-name = "sntp"; +prog-title = "standard SNTP program"; +homerc = $HOME, "."; +long-opts; + +config-header = "config.h"; + +#ifndef __windows__ +rcfile = ".ntprc"; +#else +rcfile = "ntp.ini"; +#endif + +environrc; + +#include version.def + +test-main; + +flag = { + name = ipv4; + value = 4; + equivalence = ipv4; + descrip = "Force IPv4 DNS name resolution"; + doc = <<- _EndOfDoc_ + Force DNS resolution of following host names on the command line + to the IPv4 namespace. + _EndOfDoc_; +}; + +flag = { + name = ipv6; + value = 6; + equivalence = ipv4; + descrip = "Force IPv6 DNS name resolution"; + doc = <<- _EndOfDoc_ + Force DNS resolution of following host names on the command line + to the IPv6 namespace. + _EndOfDoc_; +}; + +flag = { + name = unprivport; + value = u; + descrip = "Use an unprivileged port"; + doc = <<- _EndOfDoc_ + Use an unprivilegded UDP port for our queries. + _EndOfDoc_; +}; + +flag = { + name = normalverbose; + value = v; + flags-cant = extraverbose, megaverbose; + descrip = "Slightly verbose"; + doc = <<- _EndOfDoc_ + Diagnostic messages for non-fatal errors and a limited amount of + tracing should be written to standard error. Fatal ones always + produce a diagnostic. This option should be set when there is a + suspected problem with the server, network or the source. + _EndOfDoc_; +}; + +flag = { + name = extraverbose; + value = V; + flags-cant = normalverbose, megaverbose; + descrip = "Extra verbose"; + doc = <<- _EndOfDoc_ + Produce more and less comprehensible output, mainly for investigating + problems with apparently inconsistent timestamps. This option should + be set when the program fails with a message indicating that is the + trouble. + _EndOfDoc_; +}; + +flag = { + name = megaverbose; + value = W; + flags-cant = normalverbose, extraverbose; + descrip = "Mega verbose"; + doc = <<- _EndOfDoc_ + Very verbose debugging output that will interfere with the timing + when writing to the terminal (because of line buffered output from C). + Note that the times produced by this are the corrections needed, and + not the error in the local clock. This option should be set only when + debugging the source. + _EndOfDoc_; +}; + +flag = { + name = settimeofday; + value = r; + flags-cant = adjtime; + descrip = "Set (step) the time with settimeofday()"; + doc = <<- _EndOfDoc_ + _EndOfDoc_; +}; + +flag = { + name = adjtime; + value = a; + flags-cant = settimeofday; + descrip = "Set (slew) the time with adjtime()"; + doc = <<- _EndOfDoc_ + _EndOfDoc_; +}; + +detail = <<- _END_DETAIL +.I sntp +can be used as a SNTP client to query a NTP or SNTP server and either display +the time or set the local system's time (given suitable privilege). It can be +run as an interactive command or in a +.I cron +job. +NTP is the Network Time Protocol (RFC 1305) and SNTP is the +Simple Network Time Protocol (RFC 2030, which supersedes RFC 1769). + _END_DETAIL; + +prog-man-descrip = <<- _END_PROG_MAN_DESCRIP +.I sntp +can be used as a SNTP client to query a NTP or SNTP server and either display +the time or set the local system's time (given suitable privilege). It can be +run as an interactive command or in a +.I cron +job. +NTP is the Network Time Protocol (RFC 1305) and SNTP is the +Simple Network Time Protocol (RFC 2030, which supersedes RFC 1769). +.SS Options +.PP +.I sntp +recognizes the following options: +.TP +.B \-v +indicates that diagnostic messages for non-fatal errors and a limited amount of +tracing should be written to standard error. Fatal ones always produce a +diagnostic. This option should be set when there is a suspected problem with +the server, network or the source. +.TP +.B \-V +requests more and less comprehensible output, mainly for investigating problems +with apparently inconsistent timestamps. This option should be set when the +program fails with a message indicating that is the trouble. +.TP +.B \-W +requests very verbose debugging output, and will interfere with the timing +when writing to the terminal (because of line buffered output from C). Note +that the times produced by this are the corrections needed, and not the error +in the local clock. This option should be set only when debugging the source. +.TP +.B \-q +indicates that it should query a daemon save file being maintained by it. +This needs no privilege and will change neither the save file nor the clock. +.PP +The default is that it should behave as a client, and the following options +are then relevant: +.TP +.B \-r +indicates that the system clock should be reset by +.IR settimeofday . +Naturally, this will work only if the user has enough privilege. +.TP +.B \-a +indicates that the system clock should be reset by +.IR adjtime . +Naturally, this will work only if the user has enough privilege. +.PP +The default is to write the estimated correct local date and time (i.e. not +UTC) to the standard output in a format like +.BR "'1996 Oct 15 20:17:25.123 + 4.567 +/- 0.089 secs'" , +where the +.B "'+ 4.567 +/- 0.089 secs'" +indicates the estimated error in the time on the local system. +.TP +.BI \-l " lockfile" +sets the name of the lock file to ensure that there is only +one copy of +.I sntp +running at once. The default is installation-dependent, but will usually be +.IR /etc/sntp.pid . +.TP +.BI \-e " minerr" +sets the maximum ignorable variation between the clocks to +.IR minerr . +Acceptable values are from 0.001 to 1, and the default is 0.1 if a NTP host is +is specified and 0.5 otherwise. +.TP +.BI \-E " maxerr" +sets the maximum value of various delays that are deemed acceptable to +.IR maxerr . +Acceptable values are from 1 to 60, and the default is 5. It should sometimes +be increased if there are problems with the network, NTP server or system +clock, but take care. +.TP +.BI \-P " prompt" +sets the maximum clock change that will be made automatically to +.IR maxerr . +Acceptable values are from 1 to 3600 or +.IR no , +and the default is 30. If the program is being run interactively in ordinary +client mode, and the system clock is to be changed, larger corrections will +prompt the user for confirmation. Specifying +.I no +will disable this and the correction will be made regardless. +.TP +.BI \-c " count" +sets the maximum number of NTP packets required to +.IR count . +Acceptable values are from 1 to 25 if a NTP host is specified and from 5 to 25 +otherwise, and the default is 5. If the maximum isn't enough, the system needs +a better consistency algorithm than this program uses. +.TP +.BI \-d " delay" +sets a rough limit on the total running time to +.I delay +seconds. Acceptable values are from 1 to 3600, and the default is 15 if a NTP +host is specified and 300 otherwise. +.TP +.B -4 +force IPv4 DNS resolution. +.TP +.B -6 +force IPv6 DNS resolution. +.PP +.B address(es) +are the DNS names or IP numbers of hosts to use for the challenge and response +protocol; if no names are given, the program waits for broadcasts. Polling a +server is vastly more reliable than listening to broadcasts. Note that a +single component numeric address is not allowed, to avoid ambiguities. If +more than one name is give, they will be used in a round-robin fashion. +.PP +Constraints: +.IP +.B minerr +must be less than +.B maxerr +which must be less than +.B delay +(or, if a NTP host is not specified +.BR delay / count ")," +and +.B count +must be less than half of +.BR delay . +.IP +In update mode, +.B maxerr +must be less than +.BR prompt. +.PP +Note that none of the above values are closely linked to the limits described +in the NTP protocol (RFC 1305). +.SH USAGE +The simplest use of this program is as an unprivileged command to check the +current time and error in the local clock. For example: +.IP +.B sntp ntpserver.somewhere +.PP +With suitable privilege, it can be run as a command or in a +.I cron +job to reset the local clock from a reliable server, like the +.I ntpdate +and +.I rdate +commands. For example: +.IP +.B sntp -a ntpserver.somewhere +.PP +More information on how to use this utility is given in the +.I README +file in the distribution. In particular, this +.I man +page does not describe how to set it up as a server, which needs special care +to avoid propagating misinformation. +.SH RETURN VALUE +When used as a client in non-daemon mode, the program returns a zero exit +status for success, and a non-zero one otherwise. When used as a daemon +(either client or server), it does not return except after a serious error. +.SH BUGS +The program implements the SNTP protocol, and does not provide all NTP +facilities. In particular, it contains no checks against any form of spoofing. +If this is a serious concern, some network security mechanism (like a firewall +or even just +.IR tcpwrappers ) +should be installed. +.PP +There are some errors, ambiguities and inconsistencies in the RFCs, and this +code may not interwork with all other NTP implementations. Any unreasonable +restrictions should be reported as bugs to whoever is responsible. It may +be difficult to find out who that is. +.PP +The program will stop as soon as it feels that things have got out of control. +In client daemon mode, it will usually fail during an extended period of +network or server inaccessibility or excessively slow performance, or when the +local clock is reset by another process. It will then need restarting +manually. Experienced system administrators can write a shell script, a +.I cron +job or put it in +.IR inittab , +to do this automatically. +.PP +The error cannot be estimated reliably with broadcast packets or for the drift +in daemon mode (even with client-server packets), and the guess made by the +program may be wrong (possibly even very wrong). If this is a problem, then +setting the +.B \-c +option to a larger value may help. Or it may not. +.SH AUTHOR +.I sntp +was developed by N.M. Maclaren of the University of Cambridge Computing +Service. + _END_PROG_MAN_DESCRIP; |