Bug 104207 – Config file points to wrong drift file

Bug 104207 - Config file points to wrong drift file

Summary:	Config file points to wrong drift file

Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG

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Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	ntp (Show other bugs)
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Version:	4.2
Hardware:	i386 Linux

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Assigned To:	Harald Hoyer
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Reported:	2003-09-11 04:39 EDT by Göran Uddeborg
Modified:	2007-04-18 12:57 EDT (History)
CC List:	3 users (show)

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Last Closed:	2003-12-18 03:34:11 EST
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Description Göran Uddeborg 2003-09-11 04:39:49 EDT

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Description of problem:
Ntpd generates syslog messages like

Sep 11 09:49:01 schiphol ntpd[23791]: can't open /etc/ntp/data/drift.TEMP: No
such file or directory

There is no directory /etc/ntp/data in the ntp rpm.  There is a file
/var/lib/ntp/drift in the rpm, but it is not pointed to by the default config file.

I assume the default /etc/ntp.conf should contain

   driftfile /var/lib/ntp/drift

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
ntp-4.1.2-3

This seems similar to bug 97754, but that was supposed to be fixed in release
1.rc3.3, and I still see the problem in release 3.

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install ntp

Comment 1 Steffen Mann 2003-12-17 11:18:11 EST

in /var/log/messages auf
ntpd[894]: can't open /etc/ntp/drift.TEMP: Permission denied

correct this behaviour with:

chown -R ntp:ntp /etc/ntp

Comment 2 Harald Hoyer 2003-12-17 11:46:40 EST

no!
/etc/ntp.conf should contain
   driftfile /var/lib/ntp/drift

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