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From: A.Raman@massey.ac.nz (A.V.Raman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.pyramid,comp.unix.questions,comp.protocols.time.ntp
Subject: ntpdate fails except from the command line of cshell (Pyramid OSx)
Message-ID: <1990Nov14.203218.18459@massey.ac.nz>
Date: 14 Nov 90 20:32:18 GMT
Organization: Massey University Computer Centre
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When I run ntpdate from the csh command line like so
csh>ntpdate ntphost
ntpdate: adjust timeserver 130.123.1.7 offset 0.0071640

it works fine.  But that's all.  None of the following works.

$ ntpdate ntphost
ntpdate: no server suitable for synchronization found
$ sh -c "ntpdate ntphost"
ntpdate: no server suitable for synchronization found
$ csh -c "ntpdate ntphost"
ntpdate: no server suitable for synchronization found
$ ^D
csh> csh -c "ntpdate ntphost"
ntpdate: no server suitable for synchronization found
csh> sh -c "ntpdate ntphost"
ntpdate: no server suitable for synchronization found
csh> csh <<end
ntpdate ntphost
end
ntpdate: no server suitable for synchronization found
csh> cat ntptest
ntpdate ntphost
csh> ntptest
ntpdate: no server suitable for synchronization found
csh> sh <ntptest
ntpdate: no server suitable for synchronization found

What is it with the -c command switch that disables ntpdate on the Pyramid
from receiving udp packets from ntphost?

The Pyramid runs OSx 5.0 and supports two universes - att and ucb.

sh -c ntpdate and csh -c ntpdate work fine on other machines (DEC stations
and Suns)

Any pointers?

Thanks very much.

-& (Anand)