Bug 127206 – Wrong permissions on /etc/ntp

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Bug 127206 - Wrong permissions on /etc/ntp

Summary:	Wrong permissions on /etc/ntp

Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG

Aliases:	None

Product:	Fedora
Classification:	Fedora
Component:	ntp (Show other bugs)
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Version:	2
Hardware:	i386 Linux

Priority	medium Severity high
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Assigned To:	Harald Hoyer
QA Contact:	Brian Brock
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Reported:	2004-07-03 20:07 EDT by Olaf Fraczyk
Modified:	2007-11-30 17:10 EST (History)
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Last Closed:	2004-07-13 09:35:20 EDT
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Description Olaf Fraczyk 2004-07-03 20:07:06 EDT

Description of problem:
The /etc/ntp directory is owned and writable only by root.
But the ntpd daemon is run as "ntp" user and cannot save drift.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
ntp-4.2.0-7

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Run ntpd daemon
2. watch the /var/log/messages you will see:
Jul  3 10:56:52 venus ntpd[1706]: can't open /etc/ntp/drift.TEMP:
Permission denied

OR 
1. ls -ld /etc/ntp

  
Actual results:
user ntp is unable to write to /etc/ntp/

Expected results:
user ntp has permission to write to /etc/ntp/

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Comment 1 Harald Hoyer 2004-07-13 09:35:20 EDT

/var/lib/ntp is the place to store the driftfile,
change your config file, please... (see ntp.conf.rpm{new,save})

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