✘"server -4 hostname -6" does not IPv6

[Gary E. Miller]

Yo Hal!

On Tue, 2 Apr 2019 16:40:24 -0700
"Gary E. Miller via devel" <devel at ntpsec.org> wrote:

> The -6 after server name is not working for me.
> 
> This config:
> 
> server -4 pi3.rellim.com -6 nts maxpoll 5  # pi3
> 
> Still makes an ntpd coonection to the IPv4 address: 204.17.205.23.
> 
> 
> 2019-04-02T16:31:54 ntpd[3591]: DNS: dns_probe: pi3.rellim.com,
> cast_flags:1, fl ags:20801
> 2019-04-02T16:31:54 ntpd[3591]: DNS: dns_check: processing
> pi3.rellim.com, 1, 20 801
> 2019-04-02T16:31:54 ntpd[3591]: DNS: Server taking: 204.17.205.23
> 2019-04-02T16:31:54 ntpd[3591]: PROTO: 204.17.205.23 unlink local
> addr 127.0.0.1 -> 204.17.205.27  
> 2019-04-02T16:31:54 ntpd[3591]: DNS: dns_take_status:
> pi3.rellim.com=>good, 0 2019-04-02T16:31:54 ntpd[3591]: PROTO:
> 204.17.205.23 a014 84 reachable

Oh, the parser decided to ignore the "nts" again.  I got a plain
ntpd connection:

Apr  2 16:32:46 kong ntpd[5106]: INIT: ntpd ntpsec-1.1.3+ 2019-04-02T22:27:28Z (
git rev 8808e1d75): Starting
Apr  2 16:32:46 kong ntpd[5106]: INIT: Command line: ntpd -N
Apr  2 16:32:46 kong ntpd[5107]: INIT: precision = 0.117 usec (-23)
Apr  2 16:32:46 kong ntpd[5107]: INIT: successfully locked into RAM
Apr  2 16:32:46 kong ntpd[5107]: CONFIG: readconfig: parsing file: /etc/ntp.conf
Apr  2 16:32:46 kong ntpd[5107]: CONFIG: line 47 column 19 syntax error, unexpec
ted T_Ipv6_flag, expecting T_EOC
Apr  2 16:32:46 kong ntpd[5107]: CONFIG: syntax error in /etc/ntp.conf line 47, 
column 19

Line 47, column 19, is the "-6".


RGDS
GARY
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