[HECnet] Multinet 5.5 issues on VMS 7.3 (VAX) under SIMH

Hi Supratim, I just added server entries to google so my ntp.conf is initially: driftfile MULTINET:NTP.DRIFT statistics loopstats peerstats clockstats filegen loopstats file loopstats type day enable filegen peerstats file peerstats type day enable filegen clockstats file clockstats type day enable server time1.google.com burst iburst prefer server time2.google.com burst iburst prefer server time3.google.com burst iburst prefer server time4.google.com burst iburst prefer restrict -4 default kod notrap nomodify nopeer noquery limited restrict -6 default kod notrap nomodify nopeer noquery limited restrict 127.0.0.1 restrict ::1 restrict source notrap nomodify noquery When I start NTP, I eventually see this in the logfile: $ Set NoOn $ VERIFY = F$VERIFY(F$TRNLNM("SYLOGIN_VERIFY")) 23 Jun 15:24:02 [multinet[537]: ntpdc 4.2.8p4 at 1.3265-o Mon Nov? 2 19:53:28 UTC 2 015 (1): Starting 23 Jun 15:24:02 [multinet[537]: Command line: ix$dua0:[multinet.ix.syscommon.][m ultinet]ntpd.exe;2 23 Jun 15:24:08 [multinet[537]: proto: precision = 10000.000 usec (-7) 23 Jun 15:24:08 [multinet[537]: proto: fuzz beneath 140.845 usec 23 Jun 15:24:08 [multinet[537]: Listen and drop on 0 v6wildcard [::]:123 23 Jun 15:24:08 [multinet[537]: Listen and drop on 1 v4wildcard 0.0.0.0:123 23 Jun 15:24:08 [multinet[537]: Listen normally on 2 se0 192.168.2.36:123 23 Jun 15:24:08 [multinet[537]: Listen normally on 3 lo0 127.0.0.1:123 The command ?multinet ntpq ?p? gives me: $ multinet ntpq -p ???? remote ??????refid????? st t when poll reach?? delay?? offset jitter ============================================================================== DISK$MULTINETBLD:[MULTINET-SRC.MULTINET.NTP4.LIBNTP]DECODENETNUM.C;2:78: INSIST( ai->ai_addrlen <= sizeof(*netnum)) failed. %SYSTEM-F-OPCCUS, opcode reserved to customer fault at PC=000856D9, PSL=03C00000 ? Improperly handled condition, image exit forced. ?.and a signal, stack and register dump. So? I?m a bit stuck still. Any pointers (preferably not null ones J) gratefully received. Keith *From:*owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] *On Behalf Of *Supratim Sanyal *Sent:* 23 June 2019 12:56 *To:* hecnet at Update.UU.SE *Subject:* Re: [HECnet] Multinet 5.5 issues on VMS 7.3 (VAX) under SIMH Hi Keith, On 06/23/2019 05:46 AM, Keith Halewood wrote: Hi, Is anybody running the NPTD functionality in Multinet 5.5 on VAX VMS 7.3 (under SIMH)? If so, how did you get it to work. I switched it on with a simple NTP.CONF and tried to query it. The logfile doesn?t change much and I/O counts go up slowly. My attempts to query it usually result in a traceback. I?m a bit concerned by the lack of an NTPDATE command mentioned in the documentation, despite having done a full install. The timezone facility is a bit primitive too. Works okay on multiple SIMH OpenVMS/VAX 7.3 instances. Here is what I get: $ multinet ntpq -p ???? remote?????????? refid????? st t when poll reach delay?? offset? jitter ============================================================================== *104.167.106.93? 128.233.150.93?? 2 u?? 11?? 64??? 1 49.723? 267.931?? 7.813 ?pool.ntp.org??? .POOL.????????? 16 p??? -?? 64??? 0 0.000??? 0.000?? 7.813 +sanyalnet-cloud 45.73.0.50?????? 2 u?? 15?? 64??? 5 39.625?? 18.945? 12.511 +sanyalnet-cloud 198.166.1.59???? 2 u?? 83?? 64??? 6 39.535?? 60.975? 51.664 +sanyalnet-cloud 142.3.100.2????? 2 u? 141?? 64??? 4 43.671?? 40.799? 23.688 +vps5.ctyme.com? 216.218.254.202? 2 u?? 10?? 64??? 7 119.906? -27.318? 46.828 +tick.eoni.com?? 216.228.192.53?? 2 u??? 7?? 64??? 7 79.618?? 34.703? 28.908 +horp-bsd01.horp 146.186.222.14?? 2 u??? 8?? 64??? 7 29.949?? 23.332? 36.004 +meanwhile.clfs. 200.98.196.212?? 2 u?? 12?? 64??? 7 20.000?? -3.831? 43.376 And here is my MULTINET:NTP.CONF; 10.42.0.0/24, 10.100.0.0/24 and 10.200.0.0/24 entries are my local subnets with unrestricted access. Also I run my own public NTP servers, but any good public servers should work. You can just have the pool entry if you want. $ type multinet:ntp.conf driftfile MULTINET:NTP.DRIFT statistics loopstats peerstats clockstats filegen loopstats file loopstats type day enable filegen peerstats file peerstats type day enable filegen clockstats file clockstats type day enable server sanyalnet-cloud-vps.freeddns.org burst iburst prefer server sanyalnet-cloud-vps2.freeddns.org burst iburst prefer server sanyalnet-cloud-vps3.freeddns.org burst iburst prefer server sanyalnet-cloud-vps4.duckdns.org burst iburst prefer pool pool.ntp.org iburst restrict -4 default kod notrap nomodify nopeer noquery limited restrict -6 default kod notrap nomodify nopeer noquery limited restrict 127.0.0.1 restrict ::1 restrict source notrap nomodify noquery restrict 10.42.2.0 mask 255.255.255.0 notrust restrict 10.100.0.0 mask 255.255.255.0 notrust restrict 10.200.0.0 mask 255.255.255.0 notrust I?m thinking of giving up with it. I have local TCP services on the machines hosting SIMH instances. One of them returns a local time string in VMS format, so I may make use of that in an RDATE-like fashion. Keith Hope this is of some help. Best, Supratim -- Sent via Thunderbird/MX-Linux on an overheated Compaq Presario CQ61