setup_logfile() in libntp/msyslog.c says: * This routine is invoked three different times in the sequence of a * typical daemon ntpd with DNS lookups to do. First it is invoked in * the original ntpd process, then again in the daemon after closing * all descriptors. In both of those cases, ntp.conf has not been * processed, so only -l/--logfile will trigger logfile redirection in * those invocations. Finally, if DNS names are resolved, the worker * child invokes this routine after its fork and close of all * descriptors. In this case, ntp.conf has been processed and any * "logfile" directive needs to be honored in the child as well.
That says "fork" and "DNS" in the same sentence. The DNS code now uses a thread. The only fork() is in ntpd.c I assume the above comment is out of date. Please sing out if there is something interesting going on. The NTS_KE server also uses threads. Can somebody give me a lesson in why a program should close all it's descriptors? We can clean up a lot of crufty code if we drop that. -- These are my opinions. I hate spam. _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@ntpsec.org http://lists.ntpsec.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
