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-rw-r--r--plugins/check_ntp.c6
-rw-r--r--plugins/check_ntp_time.c6
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/plugins/check_ntp.c b/plugins/check_ntp.c
index 7d18919f..16be7c51 100644
--- a/plugins/check_ntp.c
+++ b/plugins/check_ntp.c
@@ -398,7 +398,11 @@ double offset_request(const char *host, int *status){
die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "can not create new socket");
}
if(connect(socklist[i], ai_tmp->ai_addr, ai_tmp->ai_addrlen)){
- die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "can't create socket connection");
+ /* don't die here, because it is enough if there is one server
+ answering in time. This also would break for dual ipv4/6 stacked
+ ntp servers when the client only supports on of them.
+ */
+ DBG(printf("can't create socket connection on peer %i: %s\n", i, strerror(errno)));
} else {
ufds[i].fd=socklist[i];
ufds[i].events=POLLIN;
diff --git a/plugins/check_ntp_time.c b/plugins/check_ntp_time.c
index 86530fe5..bbcaa0ba 100644
--- a/plugins/check_ntp_time.c
+++ b/plugins/check_ntp_time.c
@@ -344,7 +344,11 @@ double offset_request(const char *host, int *status){
die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "can not create new socket");
}
if(connect(socklist[i], ai_tmp->ai_addr, ai_tmp->ai_addrlen)){
- die(STATE_UNKNOWN, "can't create socket connection");
+ /* don't die here, because it is enough if there is one server
+ answering in time. This also would break for dual ipv4/6 stacked
+ ntp servers when the client only supports on of them.
+ */
+ DBG(printf("can't create socket connection on peer %i: %s\n", i, strerror(errno)));
} else {
ufds[i].fd=socklist[i];
ufds[i].events=POLLIN;