[chrony-users] starting chronyd -q unreliable

[Calvin Arndt <carndt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

chronyd -q should perform requested operation then exit.

It should never stay running.

 

I start chrony daily via cron from another machine.
15 00 * * * ssh root@192.168.2.111 "chronyd -q 'pool pool.ntp.org iburst'"

This works for a while...

2023-06-07T05:15:01Z chronyd version 4.2 starting (+CMDMON +NTP +REFCLOCK +RTC +PRIVDROP +SCFILTER +SIGND +ASYNCDNS +NTS +SECHASH +IPV6 +DEBUG)
2023-06-07T05:15:01Z Initial frequency -12.651 ppm
2023-06-07T05:15:06Z System clock wrong by -0.001617 seconds (step)
2023-06-07T05:15:06Z chronyd exiting

Then for seemingly no reason:

2023-07-06T05:15:01Z chronyd version 4.2 starting (+CMDMON +NTP +REFCLOCK +RTC +PRIVDROP +SCFILTER +SIGND +ASYNCDNS +NTS +SECHASH +IPV6 +DEBUG)
2023-07-06T05:15:01Z Fatal error : Another chronyd may already be running (pid=1141), check /run/chrony/chronyd.pid

So I start killing it an hour before via cron.
14 00 * * * ssh root@192.168.2.111 "kill `pidof chronyd`|&grep -v 'usage:'"

This works fine for a month or so and then wala its back again.
This should never happen.

Affected machine is a centos clone distro.

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 Calvin Arndt
(217) 377-2979
carndt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx