freeipa

#8242 ipa-server-install incorrectly setting slew mode (-x) when setting up ntpd
Closed: fixed by cheimes. Opened by rcritten.

Closed: fixed
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Ticket was cloned from Red Hat Bugzilla (product Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7): Bug 1788718

Description of problem:
slew mode (-x) added to ntpd during the ipa-server-install may break ntpd from
starting if time screw is too great between system and hardware clock. Slew
mode is a unstable configuration choice and has many known drawbacks.
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
All
How reproducible:
always
Steps to Reproduce:
# ipa-server-install
Actual results:
# cat /etc/sysconfig/ntpd
# Command line options for ntpd
OPTIONS="-g -x"
Expected results:
# Command line options for ntpd
OPTIONS="-q"

Metadata Update from @rcritten:
- Custom field rhbz adjusted to https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1788718

https://github.com/freeipa/freeipa/pull/4454

ipa-4-6:

  • 2c1495460fcb0d58d27579bfbd6aba63b91bf985 Don't configure ntpd with -x

Metadata Update from @cheimes:
- Issue close_status updated to: fixed
- Issue status updated to: Closed (was: Open)

ipa-4-6:

  • 81b859795c72f6c96b27137cc24d6df327ca8471 ipatests: Test if slew mode is not set while configuring ntpd
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