Ubuntu
isc-dhcp package

  1. Precise (12.04)
  2. Bug #1257082
  3. Comment #5

Comment 5 for bug 1257082

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Brian Rzycki (b-rzycki) wrote :

Julian: I disagree that this is dhclient's fault. The lease file clearly shows the NTP servers were received and the contents of /var/lib/ntpdate/default.dhcp are correctly set to the 3 NTP servers, showing the dhclient exit hook worked too. At this point it is up to the ntpclient to use these servers.

Scott: there is no /etc/ntp.conf file. It is not auto-generated by any script. I would expect the ntp client to honor the DHCP NTP servers if /etc/ntp.conf does not work.

Robie: The ARM device we have uses a capacitor to store the state of the RTC. If the device is without power for a few days the RTC completely resets. We absolutely need NTP working to keep these nodes functioning properly in a MAAS cluster. I too wonder why ntpdate-debian completely ignores the DHCP generated file /var/lib/ntpdate/default.dhcp when /etc/ntp.conf doesn't exist.