[9fans] aux/timesync -f fails

[9fans] aux/timesync -f fails

[nigel]

My old arrangement of synchronising the fileserver (with sntp) and then
setting the clock of the terminals from the fileserver root seems not to work
any more.

term% aux/timesync -f
term% aux/timesync: mounting /srv/boot: attach -- unknown user or failed authentication

The file server prints something including the words SUCK EGGS.

Anyone care to enlighten me?

Re: [9fans] aux/timesync -f fails

[nigel]

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Yes, that does it. Another nice fix would be to have an option to set the
stratum when an RTC is used.

At the moment it it is set to 0 (unsynchronized) which is quite understandable,
unless you have a different local mechanism to set the RTC, so that it is
actually trustworthy.

This is the case for my network, where I use a Rugby receiver to get the
time. I have added the following:

	case 'S':
		a = ARGF();
		if(a == nil)
			sysfatal("bad stratum specified");
		stratum = strtoll(a, 0, 0);
		break;

The details of the Rugby receiver code are in http://www.9fs.org/dist/arc.

So I run

aux/timesync -s /net -r -S1 on the cpu server

use the ipsntp stuff on the fileserver, and

aux/timesync -n on the terminals. aux/timesync -f would be fine too,
which CHF's fix.

Yes, I know this is less accurate that using an Internet time server, but it's
more fun.

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i suspect timesync needs to use amount.
try changing /sys/src/cmd/aux/timesync.c:270
		if(amount(fd, "/n/boot", MREPL, "") < 0)

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To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: [9fans] aux/timesync -f fails
Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 09:07:02 +0100
Message-ID: <5ffc0b4acd166eade239527d23481286@9fs.org>

My old arrangement of synchronising the fileserver (with sntp) and then
setting the clock of the terminals from the fileserver root seems not to work
any more.

term% aux/timesync -f
term% aux/timesync: mounting /srv/boot: attach -- unknown user or failed authentication

The file server prints something including the words SUCK EGGS.

Anyone care to enlighten me?

Re: [9fans] aux/timesync -f fails

[forsyth]

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i suspect timesync needs to use amount.
try changing /sys/src/cmd/aux/timesync.c:270
		if(amount(fd, "/n/boot", MREPL, "") < 0)

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To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: [9fans] aux/timesync -f fails
Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 09:07:02 +0100
Message-ID: <5ffc0b4acd166eade239527d23481286@9fs.org>

My old arrangement of synchronising the fileserver (with sntp) and then
setting the clock of the terminals from the fileserver root seems not to work
any more.

term% aux/timesync -f
term% aux/timesync: mounting /srv/boot: attach -- unknown user or failed authentication

The file server prints something including the words SUCK EGGS.

Anyone care to enlighten me?