topic Re: Verify if NTP is enabled in expert mode? in API / CLI Discussion

Verify if NTP is enabled in expert mode?

Danny — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 14:28:46 GMT

In Gaia expert mode, is it possible to check if NTP is enabled without running clish -c "show ntp active"?
This is to avoid any possible config lock errors. I'd prefer something like a quick grep check, if possible.

Current command:
[Expert@firewall:0]# clish -c "show ntp active"
Output:
CLINFR0771 Config lock is owned by admin. Use the command 'lock database override' to acquire the lock. 1_01: No

Re: Verify if NTP is enabled in expert mode?

Bob_Zimmerman — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 14:45:03 GMT

'ntpq -p' shows the current status of ntpd, but it doesn't return a useful exit code when ntpd isn't running. The simplest way to check is probably to see if ntpd is running. 'ps -C ntpd' exits with code 0 if it finds at least one matching process, or code 1 if there aren't any matches.

[Expert@DallasSC]# clish -c "show ntp active" No [Expert@DallasSC]# ntpq -p ntpq: read: Connection refused [Expert@DallasSC]# echo $? 0 [Expert@DallasSC]# ps -C ntpd PID TTY TIME CMD [Expert@DallasSC]# echo $? 1 [Expert@DallasticXL-s01-01:0]# clish -c "show ntp active" Yes [Expert@DallasticXL-s01-01:0]# ntpq -p remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter ============================================================================== *10.0.1.1 132.163.96.2 2 u 654 1024 377 0.966 0.517 0.830 [Expert@DallasticXL-s01-01:0]# echo $? 0 [Expert@DallasticXL-s01-01:0]# ps -C ntpd PID TTY TIME CMD 18573 ? 00:00:00 ntpd [Expert@DallasticXL-s01-01:0]# echo $? 0

Re: Verify if NTP is enabled in expert mode?

the_rock — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 15:36:17 GMT

Just tried it in R81.20 and R82, worked fine.

Andy

[Expert@CP-GW:0]# clish -c "show ntp active"
No
[Expert@CP-GW:0]#

Re: Verify if NTP is enabled in expert mode?

Danny — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 13:18:55 GMT

Thanks for your efforts.
After some additional checks on my side, I'm going with pidof ntpd &>/dev/null; echo $?