[Bug 1257082] Re: MAAS does not use NTP servers specified in DHCPD options

[Brian Rzycki]

Julian: I disagree that this is dhclient's fault. The lease file clearly
shows the NTP servers were received and the contents of
/var/lib/ntpdate/default.dhcp are correctly set to the 3 NTP servers,
showing the dhclient exit hook worked too.  At this point it is up to
the ntpclient to use these servers.

Scott: there is no /etc/ntp.conf file. It is not auto-generated by any
script. I would expect the ntp client to honor the DHCP NTP servers if
/etc/ntp.conf does not work.

Robie: The ARM device we have uses a capacitor to store the state of the
RTC. If the device is without power for a few days the RTC completely
resets. We absolutely need NTP working to keep these nodes functioning
properly in a MAAS cluster. I too wonder why ntpdate-debian completely
ignores the DHCP generated file /var/lib/ntpdate/default.dhcp when
/etc/ntp.conf doesn't exist.

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  MAAS does not use NTP servers specified in DHCPD options

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