Bug 698734

Summary: F15 beta ntpd service is started but it should not (new install, no ntp, chkconfig reports it as OFF)
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Reartes Guillermo <rtguille>
Component: chkconfigAssignee: Bill Nottingham <notting>
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Description Reartes Guillermo 2011-04-21 16:06:52 UTC
Description of problem:

After a new install (F15 beta x86_64 kde), i saw in the messages that ntpd
was running. I did not use ntpd nor selected or sarted anything manually.
The solution is to disable it with systemctl, disablig it with chkconfig does
not work.

# cat /var/log/messages | grep -i ntp
Apr 20 09:00:50 ulquiorra ntpdate[882]: Can't find host 0.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2)
Apr 20 09:00:50 ulquiorra ntpdate[882]: Can't find host 1.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2)
Apr 20 09:00:50 ulquiorra ntpdate[882]: Can't find host 2.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2)
Apr 20 09:00:50 ulquiorra ntpdate[882]: Can't find host 3.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2)
Apr 20 09:00:50 ulquiorra ntpdate[882]: no servers can be used, exiting
Apr 20 09:10:43 ulquiorra ntpdate[1342]: step time server 190.183.221.140 offset 575.154217 sec
Apr 20 09:10:43 ulquiorra ntpd[1623]: ntpd 4.2.6p3 Wed Feb  9 01:56:47 UTC 2011 (1)
Apr 20 09:10:43 ulquiorra ntpd[1623]: proto: precision = 0.104 usec
Apr 20 09:10:43 ulquiorra ntpd[1623]: 0.0.0.0 c01d 0d kern kernel time sync enabled
Apr 20 09:10:43 ulquiorra ntpd[1623]: Listen and drop on 0 v4wildcard 0.0.0.0 UDP 123
Apr 20 09:10:43 ulquiorra ntpd[1623]: Listen and drop on 1 v6wildcard :: UDP 123
Apr 20 09:10:43 ulquiorra ntpd[1623]: Listen normally on 2 lo 127.0.0.1 UDP 123
Apr 20 09:10:43 ulquiorra ntpd[1623]: Listen normally on 3 eth1 192.168.1.110 UDP 123
Apr 20 09:10:43 ulquiorra ntpd[1623]: Listen normally on 4 eth1 fe80::206:4fff:fe5a:dda8 UDP 123
Apr 20 09:10:43 ulquiorra ntpd[1623]: Listen normally on 5 lo ::1 UDP 123
Apr 20 09:10:43 ulquiorra ntpd[1623]: peers refreshed
Apr 20 09:10:43 ulquiorra ntpd[1623]: Listening on routing socket on fd #22 for interface updates
Apr 20 09:10:44 ulquiorra ntpd[1623]: 0.0.0.0 c016 06 restart
Apr 20 09:10:44 ulquiorra ntpd[1623]: 0.0.0.0 c012 02 freq_set kernel 0.000 PPM
Apr 20 09:10:44 ulquiorra ntpd[1623]: 0.0.0.0 c011 01 freq_not_set
Apr 20 09:10:50 ulquiorra ntpd[1623]: 0.0.0.0 c614 04 freq_mode
Apr 20 09:11:05 ulquiorra ntpd[1623]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
Apr 20 09:30:16 ulquiorra yum[2571]: Updated: ntpdate-4.2.6p3-3.fc15.x86_64
Apr 20 09:32:42 ulquiorra yum[2571]: Updated: ntp-4.2.6p3-3.fc15.x86_64
Apr 20 11:51:47 ulquiorra ntpdate[954]: Can't find host 0.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2)
Apr 20 11:51:47 ulquiorra ntpdate[954]: Can't find host 1.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2)
Apr 20 11:51:47 ulquiorra ntpdate[954]: Can't find host 2.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2)
Apr 20 11:51:47 ulquiorra ntpdate[954]: Can't find host 3.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2)
Apr 20 11:51:47 ulquiorra ntpdate[954]: no servers can be used, exiting
Apr 20 11:52:13 ulquiorra ntpdate[1265]: step time server 190.183.221.140 offset 2.922979 sec
Apr 20 17:08:27 ulquiorra ntpdate[988]: Can't find host 0.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2)
Apr 20 17:08:27 ulquiorra ntpdate[988]: Can't find host 1.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2)
Apr 20 17:08:27 ulquiorra ntpdate[988]: Can't find host 2.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2)
Apr 20 17:08:27 ulquiorra ntpdate[988]: Can't find host 3.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2)
Apr 20 17:08:27 ulquiorra ntpdate[988]: no servers can be used, exiting
Apr 20 17:08:45 ulquiorra ntpdate[1325]: step time server 200.3.168.192 offset 0.518823 sec
Apr 21 11:41:04 ulquiorra kernel: [    9.313628] ntpdate[853]: Can't find host 0.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2)
Apr 21 11:41:04 ulquiorra kernel: [    9.313910] ntpdate[853]: Can't find host 1.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2)
Apr 21 11:41:04 ulquiorra kernel: [    9.314093] ntpdate[853]: Can't find host 2.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2)
Apr 21 11:41:04 ulquiorra kernel: [    9.314307] ntpdate[853]: Can't find host 3.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2)
Apr 21 11:41:04 ulquiorra kernel: [    9.314334] ntpdate[853]: no servers can be used, exiting
Apr 21 11:41:13 ulquiorra ntpdate[1210]: Can't find host 0.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2)
Apr 21 11:41:13 ulquiorra ntpdate[1210]: Can't find host 1.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2)
Apr 21 11:41:13 ulquiorra ntpdate[1210]: Can't find host 2.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2)
Apr 21 11:41:13 ulquiorra ntpdate[1210]: Can't find host 3.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2)
Apr 21 11:41:13 ulquiorra ntpdate[1210]: no servers can be used, exiting
Apr 21 11:41:33 ulquiorra ntpdate[1508]: Can't find host 0.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2)
Apr 21 11:41:33 ulquiorra ntpdate[1508]: Can't find host 1.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2)
Apr 21 11:41:33 ulquiorra ntpdate[1508]: Can't find host 2.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2)
Apr 21 11:41:33 ulquiorra ntpdate[1508]: Can't find host 3.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2)
Apr 21 11:41:33 ulquiorra ntpdate[1508]: no servers can be used, exiting
Apr 21 11:41:33 ulquiorra systemd[1]: ntpdate.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1
Apr 21 11:41:33 ulquiorra systemd[1]: Unit ntpdate.service entered failed state.

I never selected any ntp option...

# cat anaconda-ks.cfg                                                                                                                                                       
# Kickstart file automatically generated by anaconda.                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                                                              
#version=DEVEL                                                                                                                                                                                
install                                                                                                                                                                                       
lang en_US.UTF-8                                                                                                                                                                              
keyboard es                                                                                                                                                                                   
timezone America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires                                                                                                                                                       
rootpw  --iscrypted $6$gyPCiWxb.pGvaUSr$SMiNTb/ooEhT5dKs9lKeSlekt603KyFjp6.rvVgMhUFBO4bYsyhabs5vX9cCaUM1gbIiGwRvGMhsfyl47vTAU/                                                                
selinux --enforcing                                                                                                                                                                           
authconfig --enableshadow --passalgo=sha512                                                                                                                                                   
firewall --service=ssh                                                                                                                                                                        
# The following is the partition information you requested                                                                                                                                    
# Note that any partitions you deleted are not expressed                                                                                                                                      
# here so unless you clear all partitions first, this is                                                                                                                                      
# not guaranteed to work                                                                                                                                                                      
#clearpart --none                                                                                                                                                                             

#raid None --fstype=ext3 --label="ulquiorra-home" --level=1 --device=md127 --useexisting --noformat raid.008002 raid.008018

#part / --fstype=ext4 --onpart=sda1
#part raid.008002 --onpart=sda2 --noformat
#part None --fstype=ext4 --label="Fedora-13-x86_64" --onpart=sda3 --noformat

#part swap --onpart=sda5
#part None --fstype=reiserfs --label="ulquiorra-data0" --onpart=sda6 --noformat

#part None --fstype=reiserfs --label="slack-root" --onpart=sdb1 --noformat
#part raid.008018 --onpart=sdb2 --noformat

#part None --fstype=reiserfs --label="ulquiorra-data3" --onpart=sdb5 --noformat
#part None --fstype=reiserfs --label="ulquiorra-data1" --onpart=sdb6 --noformat

#part None --fstype=vfat --onpart=sdc1 --noformat

bootloader --location=partition --driveorder=sda,sdb,sdc --append="rhgb quiet"


No ntpd selected in the kickstart file, but ntpd starts by its own.

# service ntpd status
ntpd.service - Network Time Service
          Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/ntpd.service)
          Active: inactive (dead)
          CGroup: name=systemd:/system/ntpd.service

# systemctl -a --full | grep ntp
ntpdate.service           loaded failed   failed        Set time via NTP


# chkconfig --list | grep ntp

Note: This output shows SysV services only and does not include native
      systemd services. SysV configuration data might be overriden by native
      systemd configuration.

ntpd            0:off   1:off   2:off   3:off   4:off   5:off   6:off
ntpdate         0:off   1:off   2:off   3:off   4:off   5:off   6:off


# service ntpd stop
Stopping ntpd (via systemctl):                             [  OK  ]
# chkconfig ntpd off
Note: Forwarding request to 'systemctl disable ntpd.service'.


# chkconfig ntpd off
Note: Forwarding request to 'systemctl disable ntpd.service'.
# systemctl -a --full | grep ntp
ntpdate.service           loaded failed   failed        Set time via NTP

This is a new install, so i think ntp shoud not run.

Now, reboot and se if it was disabled.

# cat /var/log/messages | grep -i ntp
Apr 20 11:52:13 ulquiorra ntpdate[1265]: step time server 190.183.221.140 offset 2.922979 sec
Apr 20 17:08:27 ulquiorra ntpdate[988]: Can't find host 0.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2)
Apr 20 17:08:27 ulquiorra ntpdate[988]: Can't find host 1.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2)
Apr 20 17:08:27 ulquiorra ntpdate[988]: Can't find host 2.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2)
Apr 20 17:08:27 ulquiorra ntpdate[988]: Can't find host 3.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2)
Apr 20 17:08:27 ulquiorra ntpdate[988]: no servers can be used, exiting
Apr 20 17:08:45 ulquiorra ntpdate[1325]: step time server 200.3.168.192 offset 0.518823 sec
Apr 21 11:41:04 ulquiorra kernel: [    9.313628] ntpdate[853]: Can't find host 0.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2)
Apr 21 11:41:04 ulquiorra kernel: [    9.313910] ntpdate[853]: Can't find host 1.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2)
Apr 21 11:41:04 ulquiorra kernel: [    9.314093] ntpdate[853]: Can't find host 2.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2)
Apr 21 11:41:04 ulquiorra kernel: [    9.314307] ntpdate[853]: Can't find host 3.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2)
Apr 21 11:41:04 ulquiorra kernel: [    9.314334] ntpdate[853]: no servers can be used, exiting
Apr 21 11:41:13 ulquiorra ntpdate[1210]: Can't find host 0.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2)
Apr 21 11:41:13 ulquiorra ntpdate[1210]: Can't find host 1.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2)
Apr 21 11:41:13 ulquiorra ntpdate[1210]: Can't find host 2.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2)
Apr 21 11:41:13 ulquiorra ntpdate[1210]: Can't find host 3.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2)
Apr 21 11:41:13 ulquiorra ntpdate[1210]: no servers can be used, exiting
Apr 21 11:41:33 ulquiorra ntpdate[1508]: Can't find host 0.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2)
Apr 21 11:41:33 ulquiorra ntpdate[1508]: Can't find host 1.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2)
Apr 21 11:41:33 ulquiorra ntpdate[1508]: Can't find host 2.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2)
Apr 21 11:41:33 ulquiorra ntpdate[1508]: Can't find host 3.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2)
Apr 21 11:41:33 ulquiorra ntpdate[1508]: no servers can be used, exiting
Apr 21 11:41:33 ulquiorra systemd[1]: ntpdate.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1
Apr 21 11:41:33 ulquiorra systemd[1]: Unit ntpdate.service entered failed state.
Apr 21 12:39:33 ulquiorra ntpdate[1241]: step time server 200.3.168.192 offset -0.200323 sec

# chkconfig --list | grep ntp

Note: This output shows SysV services only and does not include native
      systemd services. SysV configuration data might be overriden by native
      systemd configuration.

ntpd            0:off   1:off   2:off   3:off   4:off   5:off   6:off
ntpdate         0:off   1:off   2:off   3:off   4:off   5:off   6:off

So ntpd is enabled and working somehow...

# systemctl status ntpdate.service
ntpdate.service - Set time via NTP
          Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/ntpdate.service)
          Active: active (exited) since Thu, 21 Apr 2011 12:39:33 -0300; 6min ago
         Process: 1222 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/ntpdate start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
          CGroup: name=systemd:/system/ntpdate.service

# systemctl disable ntpdate.service
rm '/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/ntpdate.service'

Now, reboot once to see if it is finally disabled.


# systemctl status ntpdate.service
ntpdate.service - Set time via NTP
          Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/ntpdate.service)
          Active: inactive (dead)
          CGroup: name=systemd:/system/ntpdate.service


# chkconfig --list | grep ntp

Note: This output shows SysV services only and does not include native
      systemd services. SysV configuration data might be overriden by native
      systemd configuration.

ntpd            0:off   1:off   2:off   3:off   4:off   5:off   6:off
ntpdate         0:off   1:off   2:off   3:off   4:off   5:off   6:off

It seems it is finaly disabled.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
ntp.x86_64          4.2.6p3-3.fc15    @fedora                     
ntpdate.x86_64      4.2.6p3-3.fc15    @fedora 
chkconfig.x86_64    1.3.51-1.fc15     @koji-override-0/$releasever

Expected results:
No ndtpd service, if it was not manually enabled or configured.
Be able to disable the service with chkconfig.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2011-04-25 18:44:14 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 693504 ***