Bug 117779 - Dhclient presets bad driftfile location
Summary: Dhclient presets bad driftfile location
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
Classification: Red Hat
Component: dhcpcd   
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Version: 3.0
Hardware: All Linux
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Reported: 2004-03-08 14:35 UTC by Thomas Sippel - Dau
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:07 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2004-08-11 15:50:27 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2004:566 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Updated dhcp and dhclient packages 2005-05-26 04:00:00 UTC

Description Thomas Sippel - Dau 2004-03-08 14:35:46 UTC 
Description of problem: 
  
If a RedHat Enterpse Linux 3 Workstation is configured to  
acquire IP address with dhclient, and the dhcp server provides  
a set of ntp servers in response, and there is no /etc/ntp.conf file,  
the dhclient script (/sbin/dhclient-script) presets a driftfile  
/etc/ntp/data/drift. As the ntp data directory has been moved  
to /var/lib/ntp, this creates frequent messages as the directory  
/etc/ntp/data is no longer created.  
  
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):  
dhclient-3.0pl2-6.14  
ntp-4.1.2-4  
  
How reproducible:Clear from Source code  
  
  
Steps to Reproduce:  
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Actual results:  
Frequent messages in /var/log/messages  
  
Expected results:  
Maintenance of driftfile in proper location  
  
Additional info:
Comment 1 Daniel Walsh 2004-03-25 18:23:33 UTC 
fixed in dhcp-3.0pl2-6.16 and above.
Comment 2 John Flanagan 2004-12-21 19:42:05 UTC 
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2004-566.html
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