ntptrace command not found in RHEL6 or RHEL7

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Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7
  • ntp
  • ntp-perl

Issue

  • We have used ntptrace in the past, but that doesn't appear to be available in RHEL 6.5.
  • In RHEL5, ntptrace is included in ntp package, but it's no longer included in RHEL6 or RHEL7.
  • Is there another command that replaced ntptrace, or is another rpm required?

Resolution

  • From ntp package description:
[root@localhost ~]# rpm -qi ntp
Name        : ntp                          Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version     : 4.2.6p5                           Vendor: Red Hat, Inc.
Release     : 1.el6                         Build Date: Mon 15 Jul 2013 06:23:02 AM ART
Install Date: Tue 03 Dec 2013 02:41:23 PM ART      Build Host: x86-012.build.bos.redhat.com
Group       : System Environment/Daemons    Source RPM: ntp-4.2.6p5-1.el6.src.rpm
Size        : 1706935                          License: (MIT and BSD and BSD with advertising) and GPLv2
Signature   : RSA/8, Mon 16 Sep 2013 02:07:13 AM ART, Key ID 199e2f91fd431d51
Packager    : Red Hat, Inc. <http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla>
URL         : http://www.ntp.org
Summary     : The NTP daemon and utilities
Description :
The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is used to synchronize a computer's
time with another reference time source. This package includes ntpd
(a daemon which continuously adjusts system time) and utilities used
to query and configure the ntpd daemon.

Perl scripts ntp-wait and ntptrace are in the ntp-perl package and
the ntpdate program is in the ntpdate package. The documentation is
in the ntp-doc package.
  • So in RHEL 6&7 ntptrace is in the ntp-perl package (available via optional channel.)

To install it:

# yum install ntp-perl

To verify:

# rpm -ql ntp-perl
/usr/sbin/ntp-wait
/usr/sbin/ntptrace
/usr/share/man/man8/ntp-wait.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ntptrace.8.gz
  • Component
  • ntp

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