'ntpq> peers' gives error "Request timed out" after upgrading to ntp-4.2.6p5 package.

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Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5
  • ntp-4.2.6p5-1.el6

Issue

  • 'ntpq> peers' gives error "Request timed out" after upgrading to ntp-4.2.6p5 package.
[root@ntp-4.2.6 ~]# ntpq
ntpq> peer
localhost: timed out, nothing received
***Request timed out

Resolution

  • Make changes as below in /etc/ntp.conf file and restart ntpd service:
either change "restrict default ignore" to "restrict -4 default ignore"
or change "restrict 127.0.0.1 mask 255.255.255.255" to "restrict localhost"

Root Cause

  • With earlier package of ntp, "restrict default ignore" restricted only IPv4.

Diagnostic Steps

  • From test setup with earlier ntp package:
[root@ntp-4.2.4 ~]# rpm -qa | grep ntp
ntpdate-4.2.4p8-2.el6.x86_64
ntp-4.2.4p8-2.el6.x86_64

[root@ntp-4.2.4 ~]# cat /etc/ntp.conf 

restrict default ignore
restrict 127.0.0.1 mask 255.255.255.255


[root@ntp-4.2.4 ~]# ntpq
ntpq> peers
     remote           refid      st t when poll reach   delay   offset  jitter
==============================================================================
+clock.util.phx2 .CDMA.           1 u   82  128  377  311.936    0.384  69.294
*clock02.util.ph .CDMA.           1 u   79  128  377  312.247    0.162  58.144
  • Now with latest upgraded version ntp package:
[root@ntp-4.2.6 ~]# rpm -qa | grep ntp
ntp-4.2.6p5-1.el6.x86_64
ntpdate-4.2.6p5-1.el6.x86_64


[root@ntp-4.2.6 ~]# grep -v "^#" /etc/ntp.conf 

restrict default ignore
restrict 127.0.0.1 mask 255.255.255.255


[root@ntp-4.2.6 ~]# ntpq
ntpq> peer
localhost: timed out, nothing received
***Request timed out
ntpq>

  • With old package of ntp, "restrict default ignore" restricted only IPv4 and that the reason we had statement restrict -6 default,
    i.e it's the default line, before it was applied only to IPv4, now it's applied to both IPv4 and IPv6.

  • With the previous package and that configuration the IPv6 access wasn't restricted at all.

  • Component
  • ntp

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