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From: Harlan Stenn <stenn@whimsy.udel.edu.nospam>
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Subject: Re: program versions
Date: 17 Mar 1997 22:41:35 -0500
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nmm1@cus.cam.ac.uk (Nick Maclaren) writes:

> Yes, but you have misunderstood the answers.  You can't get the
> daemon version - and you can't even get the protocol version of
> the daemon!

Sure you can, and this has been possible for a While.

 % ntpq
 ntpq> addv daemon_version
 ntpq> rl
 status=...
 daemon_version="xntpd ..."
 ntpq> host XXX
 ntpq> rl
 status=...
 daemon_version="..."

I haven't looked for a way to get the protocol version from the daemon
yet.

H