[Userland] [OpenIndiana Distribution - Bug #4603] ntpd tries to bind to a link-local address

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Issue #4603 has been updated by Gary Mills.


I found the solution.  The Makefile.sfw in usr/src/cmd/ntpd contains this line:
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CONFIGURE_OPTIONS +=	--disable-getifaddrs
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Just delete that line, and the error messages all disappear, once you rebuild and reinstall.  The ntpd daemon binds to all addresses, both IPv4 and IPv6, and responds to `ntpq' on all of them.  It also keeps time correctly.

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Bug #4603: ntpd tries to bind to a link-local address
https://www.illumos.org/issues/4603

Author: Gary Mills
Status: New
Priority: Normal
Assignee: OI Userland
Category: SFW (Solaris Freeware)
Target version: 
Difficulty: Medium
Tags: ntp


Under oi_151a9, the NTP daemon tries periodically to bind to a link-local IPv6 address, logging these errors:
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Feb 15 13:53:02 ati ntpd[345]: [ID 702911 daemon.error] bind(55) AF_INET6 fe80::ca60:ff:fe12:a83c%26%26#123 flags 0x11 failed: Cannot assign requested address
Feb 15 13:53:02 ati ntpd[345]: [ID 702911 daemon.error] unable to create socket on rge0 (4395) for fe80::ca60:ff:fe12:a83c%26#123
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It should ignore that address.  I understand that this bug has been fixed for Linux in the ntpd source, but probably not for Solaris-based systems.



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