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Operating Systems Solaris "synchronisation lost" errors for Solaris NTP server Post 303042092 by Neo on Friday 13th of December 2019 11:36:03 PM

12-14-2019

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Quote:

Originally Posted by jlliagre

NTP might be the least of the security issues here.

Running such an outdated and unpatched version of Solaris (17 years old!) in production is quite unreasonable. There are certainly hundreds of major vulnerabilities on that server. Moreover, assuming a firewall is protecting the server and NTP is the only visible service, you might have issues compiling a recent version of chrony for Solaris 9 anyway.

Well stated.

Let me be more to the point.

It is a total waste of time to be replying to anyone who is running a 17 year old OS (with a seriously flawed and out-of-date version of NTP), which could be replaced in a day for free with a modern OS (more secure, more reliable, not seriously flawed, and do a much better job for a NTP application).

The original poster is wasting our time, showing a lack of concern for our time, to ask us to sort out a problem on a 17 year old operating system (and not telling us before hand the version(s) they are running), which could be replaced by any "normal" system admin in less than a hour (for free, and do a better and more reliable job).

This is why I wish everyone here at unix.com would slow down (including myself at times) and stop answering questions from posters until the posters first describe the operation system, version numbers, etc. Some here are good at this, some of us are good at this sometimes and then forgot to ask, others seem to like to bypass the "understanding" phase and just post answers without any concern for the user's OS, versions, etc.

Everyone here (including me sometimes, but not often) needs to slow down and ask people who post questions to describe the OS, version, etc. before providing "quick" answers to questions. Jumping to "answers" before having the "right understanding" is not teaching people how to solve problems, it is contributing to the problem (in my view).

Perhaps I need to change the forum rules and make this a posting requirement in 2020?

Editorial Comment:

As a side note, the reason that most computers are hacked with ransomware or other easily acquired malware (easily purchased on the dark web) is that they are running unpatched, antiquated systems and obsolete code. Every system admin, organization and company must keep their computer operating systems up-to-date, fully patched and upgraded to the latest versions. This is very basic. Do not run vulnerable, obsolete code and antiquated operating systems. Update your operation systems, update your apps, make and maintain backups (onsite and offsite). Manage your IT systems, please.

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timedsetup

timedsetup(8)						      System Manager's Manual						     timedsetup(8)

NAME

       timedsetup - Performs initial setup of the time server daemon (timed).

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/sbin/timedsetup

DESCRIPTION

       The timedsetup command is an interactive script that can be used to perform initial time service configuration for your system.

       By  default,  timed  does  not start at boot time.  The timedsetup script asks if you want the timed daemon to be started at boot time, and
       prompts you for any options to pass to the timed daemon whenever it is invoked.	The script then starts the timed daemon.

       For more information on the timed options, see the timed(8) reference page.

									  Note

       The timed daemon is provided for compatibility.	Tru64 UNIX also provides support for the Network Time Protocol	(NTP)  through	the  xntpd
       daemon.	 Compaq  recommends  you use NTP for time synchronization.  If your system is configured to run NTP, the timedsetup command passes
       the -E and -M options to the timed daemon by default.

       If you plan to run both the timed daemon and NTP, you should configure NTP first.

RESTRICTIONS

       In configurations with two or more hosts each connected to the same two or more subnetworks, only one of the host can run  the  timed  with
       the -M option.

FILES

       Specifies the command pathname The timed startup and shutdown script Specifies timed parameters pertinent to a specific system

SEE ALSO

       Commands: timed(8), xntpd(8)

																     timedsetup(8)