1.30.1 [ntpd] - not able to query

[vtolkm at googlemail.com]

On 01/07/2019 12:51, Denys Vlasenko wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 29, 2019 at 4:12 PM <vtolkm at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> ntpd appears to be up and running/listening
>>
>> ss -tulpn | grep 123
>> udp   UNCONN 0  0    *:123   *:*  users:(("ntpd",pid=7589,fd=3))
>>
>> However, querying the server appears not working, as if queries being
>> refused and thus wondering what could be causing this, let alone
>> resolving it?
> Crank up log verbosity, it will tell you:
>
> $ ntpd --help
> BusyBox v1.31.0 (2019-06-10 12:10:11 CEST) multi-call binary.
>
> Usage: ntpd [-dnqNwl] [-I IFACE] [-S PROG] [-k KEYFILE] [-p [keyno:N:]PEER]...
>
> NTP client/server
>
>     -d    Verbose (may be repeated)
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>     -n    Do not daemonize
>     -q    Quit after clock is set
>     -N    Run at high priority
>     -w    Do not set time (only query peers), implies -n
>     -S PROG    Run PROG after stepping time, stratum change, and every 11 min
>     -k FILE    Key file (ntp.keys compatible)
>     -p [keyno:NUM:]PEER
>         Obtain time from PEER (may be repeated)
>         Use key NUM for authentication
>     -l    Also run as server on port 123
>     -I IFACE Bind server to IFACE, implies -l

ran > /sbin/ntpd -nNlSddddp 1.openwrt.pool.ntp.org  < and then

ntpq -p
ntpd: malformed packet received from ::1: size 12

ntptime -r
no output from ntpd

ntpdc -lnps
no output from ntpd

ntpdate localhost
no output from ntpd

Not sure what to make of that?