xntpd "broke" and not able to start

[laul]

Hi all,
I have a problem with xntpd on hpux11.11.
ps -ef | grep xntpd, no result
When i /sbin/init.d/xntpd start, it fails quietly.
E.g.
root#/sbin/init.d/xntpd.bak start
root#ps -ef | grep ntp
ntp not running....

This server has a cluster server B. I copied the binary /sbin/init.d/xntpd over and ran the binary again and got this
root#./xntpd start
EXIT CODE: 126
Using SAM to start returns an error as well.

i figure there's a need to reinstall xntpd. But itrc has ntp only for 11.23?
alternatively, i can copy the xntpd files from the other cluster B to this server. Can you tell me which are the files to copy over?
Or is there another solution?
Thanks in advance for your help.

[Dennis Handly]

Have you looking into xntpd to see where it is exiting with 126?

[laul]

Hi,
i did a search on syslog but no entries on ntp. problem is the exit code 126 doesn't return a good result from google too. And i don't know if ntp has any logs in the OS.

By the way, this started after i set the clock backwards.. The action appeared to have broken things.

[Dennis Handly]

>I did a search on syslog but no entries on ntp.

How about /etc/rc.log?

>this started after I set the clock backwards.

Why? The purpose of ntp is to keep the clock on time.

[laul]

Hi,
unfortunately, not too informative also..


Start time synchronization
Output from "/sbin/rc2.d/S660xntpd start":
----------------------------
EXIT CODE: 126
"/sbin/rc2.d/S660xntpd start" FAILED

[laul]

The clock was set back due to an applciation problem... That this server has to run slower than another authentication server for users logging in to be successful

[Dennis Handly]

>Output from "/sbin/rc2.d/S660xntpd start":
>EXIT CODE: 126

Take a look at /sbin/rc2.d/S660xntpd and see if you can figure out what was the last command that failed?

[Dennis Handly]

>The clock was set back due to an application problem. That this server has to run slower than another authentication server

Then you probably can't run ntp.

[laul]

Hi Dennis,
I'm not sure how to check /sbin/init.d/xntpd
to find out the last command ...

And i don't think xntpd is failing due to the app. The app might fail due to date and time. Still hope to get it working ...

[Noé]

Hello.

I've searched error codes related to the shell and I found this:

Error Code = 126:
Invoked Command can not execute -> Permission problem or not is an executable command

Can you check permissions?

Regards