Re: Fwd: [chrony-users] ntp symmetric auth for internal clients

[Ede Wolf <listac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Am 02.09.24 um 14:41 schrieb Miroslav Lichvar:
> On Mon, Sep 02, 2024 at 02:31:03PM +0200, Ede Wolf wrote:
> > As for specifying the key on the client side, that is exactly what I have
> > done, still ntpd claims auth = bad
> >
> > The issue seemd to be sha1, as using a md5 key, something I have avoided so
> > far, makes everything work.
>
> It might be an issue with ntpd using different keys than what you
> expect. ntpd interprets shorter keys as ASCII and longer as HEX. With
> chrony you have to tell what it is.
>
> If unsure, try this conversion script:
> https://github.com/mlichvar/ntp2chrony

Again, thanks very much for your time and help. chronyc keygen showed 
the proper syntax as well. As you mentioned, defining the type worked, 
so simply adding HEX: before the sha1 key (and removing the comments at 
the end) made everything work with sha1 keys again.


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