[Git][NTPsec/ntpsec][ntpmon-dmode-hide-bug] Address issue #239: pylib/packet.py should get key file location by reading ntp.conf

Ian Bruene gitlab at mg.gitlab.com
Sat Apr 15 11:20:45 UTC 2017


Ian Bruene pushed to branch ntpmon-dmode-hide-bug at NTPsec / ntpsec


Commits:
0f9cca17 by Eric S. Raymond at 2017-04-15T06:20:23-05:00
Address issue #239: pylib/packet.py should get key file location by reading ntp.conf

- - - - -


1 changed file:

- docs/ntpsec.txt


Changes:

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docs/ntpsec.txt
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--- a/docs/ntpsec.txt
+++ b/docs/ntpsec.txt
@@ -181,8 +181,11 @@ codebase has been outright removed, with less than 5% new code added.
 
 * When running as root, the ntpq utility looks in /etc/ntp.conf and
   /usr/local/etc/ntp.keys to find credentials for control requests
-  that require authentication. Thus it is not necessary to enter
-  them by hand.
+  that require authentication. Thus it will often not necessary to enter
+  them by hand. Note that your installation's locations for config and
+  key files may differ from these; in that case this convenience
+  feature will fail, as we have elected not to chase it down a
+  complexity rathole.
 
 * A new utility, +ntpfrob+, collects several small diagnostic functions
   for reading and tweaking the local clock hardware, including reading



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