From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from <gentoo-user+bounces-68892-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@gentoo.org>) id 1IRo3x-00086V-Jh for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 02 Sep 2007 11:56:22 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l82BmqZO031791; Sun, 2 Sep 2007 11:48:52 GMT Received: from minas.ics.muni.cz (minas.ics.muni.cz [147.251.4.40]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l82BieYG026827 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Sun, 2 Sep 2007 11:44:40 GMT Received: from anxur.fi.muni.cz (anxur.fi.muni.cz [147.251.48.3]) by minas.ics.muni.cz (8.13.8/8.13.8/SuSE Linux 0.8) with ESMTP id l82Bid2L002458 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Sun, 2 Sep 2007 13:44:40 +0200 Received: from palantir.fi.muni.cz (195.47.34.28.adsl.nextra.cz [195.47.34.28]) by anxur.fi.muni.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B0A522AEFE for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Sun, 2 Sep 2007 13:44:39 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2007 13:44:33 +0200 From: Roman Zilka <rzilka@gvid.cz> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] proper proxy syntax to synchronize time via rdate Message-Id: <20070902134433.10554091.rzilka@gvid.cz> In-Reply-To: <68b1e2610709010722l46315975sf2ded6f9c041fb9f@mail.gmail.com> References: <68b1e2610709010722l46315975sf2ded6f9c041fb9f@mail.gmail.com> Organization: ITV X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.2 (GTK+ 2.10.14; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Muni-Spam-TestIP: 147.251.48.3 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (minas.ics.muni.cz [147.251.4.35]); Sun, 02 Sep 2007 13:44:40 +0200 (CEST) X-Archives-Salt: 7711feef-0731-4915-b878-4875f37bfcea X-Archives-Hash: 4d929b102fae064bf5e9d88011fd333f Hi Liviu, it seems you're only allowed to access web, FTP and rsync services on the Internet through your proxy. Both rsync and NTP use their own ports and protocols, different from HTTP/FTP/rsync. Firstly, you need a proxy server (or some other form of tunnel) that will allow for rdate/NTP traffic between your computer and Internet. Secondly, you have to configure rdate/NTP to make use of the proxy, but AFAIK there's nothing like ntp_proxy or rdate_proxy env. variables these programs would honor. Instead, timeserver proxies are more common in the form of a local timeserver which sync's with an external timesource and offers its services to the local network via standard protocols. You would then sync time using this proxy directly, e.g. "rdate -s timeproxy.localaddress.dom". Try asking around if there's such a service available in your local network. -Roman > Hello everyone, > > I'm trying to synchronize the system time with the help of rdate > (openNTPD is on the list in case of failure). I have one problem, > though: I connect to the Internet through a proxy server. I have set > up the necessary environment, but I doubt that rdate listens to it: > > localhost init.d # env | grep -i proxy > http_proxy=proxy.address.dom:port > ftp_proxy=proxy.address.dom:port > rsync_proxy=proxy.address.dom:port > https_proxy=proxy.address.dom:port > > localhost init.d # rdate pool.ntp.org > rdate: couldn't connect to host pool.ntp.org: Connection refused > > Please advise on how to correctly specify the proxy server in the NTP > server address. I am wondering if there is a syntax similar to > proxy.address.dom:port@pool.ntp.org. Alternatively, how can I make > rdate honour the proxy settings? > > Regards, > Liviu -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list