[9fans] stupid question - expansion of $var in dial strings

[9fans] stupid question - expansion of $var in dial strings

[steve.simon]

Hi,

The manual says that if I run timesync with -n it will use NTP and if I don't
supply a
server name it will use $ntp (udp!$ntp!ntp).

My /lib/ndb/local contains an entry for my machine (below) and it correctly sets
the machine name from the ether address so I assume it is happy.

and by my reckoning it should find the ntp server name, but it does not appear
to,
infact the call to dial() appears to hang - maybe it would fail eventually with
a
DNS timeout I dunno.

What have I missed?

database=
    file=/lib/ndb/local
    file=/lib/ndb/common

# DHCP at work
sys=savan ether=0020af8d6140 ntp=gb.public.ntp.get-time.net
    dom=swlocal

#dialup at home
sys=ntl telco=126308005190100
    dom=ntlworld.com
    dns=194.168.4.100 dns=194.168.8.100
    pop=pop.ntlworld.com
    smtp=smtp.ntlworld.com
    nntp=news.ntlworld.com
    ntp=gb.public.ntp.get-time.net

auth=sources.cs.bell-labs.com authdom=outside.plan9.bell-labs.com


-Steve

Re: [9fans] stupid question - expansion of $var in dial strings

[Russ Cox]

> What have I missed?

The lookup is done by IP address.  You could use

ipnet=the-world ip=0.0.0.0 ipmask=0.0.0.0
	ntp=gb.public.ntp.get-time.net

I think, or something a little more specific.

Russ