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