[LDM #XQC-361661]: LDM Question

Hi Bob,

> Thanks for your suggestions. Per your instructions. I made the following
> changes:
> 
> (ldm.ipa.unca.edu /ldm-home > diff etc/registry.xml.INSTALL etc/registry.xml
> 12c12
> <       <command>ntpdate</command>
> ---
> >       <command>chronyd -Q 'pool pool.ntp.org iburst'</command>

Good.

> and:
> 
> (ldm.ipa.unca.edu /ldm-home > diff bin/ldmadmin.INSTALL bin/ldmadmin
> 1694c1694
> < if (/offset\s+([+-]?\d*\.\d*)/) {
> ---
> > if (/ [+-]?(\d*\.\d*) sec/) {

Good.

> When I ran the "ldmadmin checktime" command, the output is below.
> Not quite what I expected.
> 
> Here's the settings for NTP servers in the registry output:
> 
> (ldm.ipa.unca.edu /ldm-home > regutil |grep ntp
> /check-time/ntpdate/command : chronyd -Q 'pool pool.ntp.org iburst'
> /check-time/ntpdate/servers : ntp.ucsd.edu ntp1.cs.wisc.edu ntppub.tamu.edu
> otc1.psu.edu pool.ntp.org
> /check-time/ntpdate/timeout : 5

With the change to the "/check-time/ntpdate/command" parameter, the other 
parameters should have not effect.

> When I run the chronyd command both as LDM and as root, I get essentially
> the same output -- I thought it might be a permissions problem:
> 
> [root@ldm ~]# chronyd -Q 'pool pool.ntp.org iburst'
> 2021-09-29T19:16:37Z chronyd version 3.5 starting (+CMDMON +NTP +REFCLOCK
> +RTC +PRIVDROP +SCFILTER +SIGND +ASYNCDNS +SECHASH +IPV6 +DEBUG)
> 2021-09-29T19:16:37Z Disabled control of system clock
> 2021-09-29T19:16:43Z System clock wrong by -0.000662 seconds (ignored)
> 2021-09-29T19:16:43Z chronyd exiting
> [root@ldm ~]#

Your clock is off by 662 us. Not bad. Clock offsets that small won't have a 
significant effect on the LDM.

> (ldm.ipa.unca.edu /ldm-home/bin > chronyd -Q 'pool pool.ntp.org iburst'
> 2021-09-29T19:16:57Z chronyd version 3.5 starting (+CMDMON +NTP +REFCLOCK
> +RTC +PRIVDROP +SCFILTER +SIGND +ASYNCDNS +SECHASH +IPV6 +DEBUG)
> 2021-09-29T19:16:57Z Disabled control of system clock
> 2021-09-29T19:17:02Z System clock wrong by -0.000797 seconds (ignored)
> 2021-09-29T19:17:02Z chronyd exiting
> 
> The RedHat KB article suggested stopping the chronyd service, running
> chronyd -Q, and restarting the chronyd service. I tried that, and still
> don't see a difference:

In what were you expecting a difference? Output from the "ldmadmin checktime" 
command?

> [root@ldm ~]# systemctl stop chronyd.service ; chronyd -Q 'pool pool.ntp.org
> iburst' ; systemctl start chronyd.service
> 2021-09-29T19:28:28Z chronyd version 3.5 starting (+CMDMON +NTP +REFCLOCK
> +RTC +PRIVDROP +SCFILTER +SIGND +ASYNCDNS +SECHASH +IPV6 +DEBUG)
> 2021-09-29T19:28:28Z Disabled control of system clock
> 2021-09-29T19:28:33Z System clock wrong by -0.002917 seconds (ignored)
> 2021-09-29T19:28:33Z chronyd exiting
> 
> -- Bob
> 
> (ldm.ipa.unca.edu /ldm-home/bin > ldmadmin checktime
> Checking accuracy of system clock ...
> Couldn't get time from time-server at ntppub.tamu.edu using the ntpdate(1)
> utility, "chronyd -Q 'pool pool.ntp.org iburst'".  If the utility is
> valid and this happens often, then remove ntppub.tamu.edu from registry
> parameter "/check-time/ntpdate/servers".

My mistake. I forgot to have you make one more edit to ldmadmin(1). Do this
    1. Edit the file "~/bin/ldmadmin" again
    2. In the same function as before, change the sequence "$ntpdate -q -t 
$ntpdate_timeout $timeServer" to just "$ntpdate"
    3. Test with "ldmadmin checktime"

Regards,
Steve Emmerson

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: XQC-361661
Department: Support LDM
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed
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