From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322) Description of problem: We have our higher stratum ntp servers dying almost weekly. The fail with the following error: 23 May 09:07:54 ntpd[7539]: Exiting: No more memory! I believe bugzilla #141048 is refers to the same issue for the Fedora camp. This should probably be addressed for the RHEL community, however, either with a work-around or update/patch. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): ntp-4.1.2-4.EL3.1 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Start ntpd 2. Let it run 3. *poof* Actual Results: 23 May 09:07:54 ntpd[7539]: Exiting: No more memory! Expected Results: It should just keep running. Additional info:
I'm experiencing a similar problem on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4AS U2 (x86_64). ntpd will terminate with an 'out of memory' error within hours of starting when used with the -u option to drop root privileges. The Red Hat default is to use id ntp:ntp. Problem is also described here: http://lists.ntp.isc.org/pipermail/hackers/2005-June/001418.html
Created attachment 121531 [details] ntp-4.2.0.a.20050816-10.src.rpm Fixed in current release. Try to compile and install ntp-4.2.0.a.20050816-10.src.rpm.
This issue is on Red Hat Engineering's list of planned work items for the upcoming Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.4 release. Engineering resources have been assigned and barring unforeseen circumstances, Red Hat intends to include this item in the 4.4 release.
I tried to compile the .src.rpm, but I receive the following error: RPM build errors: user praszyk does not exist - using root group praszyk does not exist - using root user praszyk does not exist - using root group praszyk does not exist - using root user praszyk does not exist - using root group praszyk does not exist - using root user praszyk does not exist - using root group praszyk does not exist - using root user praszyk does not exist - using root group praszyk does not exist - using root user praszyk does not exist - using root group praszyk does not exist - using root user praszyk does not exist - using root group praszyk does not exist - using root user praszyk does not exist - using root group praszyk does not exist - using root user praszyk does not exist - using root group praszyk does not exist - using root user praszyk does not exist - using root group praszyk does not exist - using root user praszyk does not exist - using root group praszyk does not exist - using root user praszyk does not exist - using root group praszyk does not exist - using root user praszyk does not exist - using root group praszyk does not exist - using root user praszyk does not exist - using root group praszyk does not exist - using root user praszyk does not exist - using root group praszyk does not exist - using root user praszyk does not exist - using root group praszyk does not exist - using root user praszyk does not exist - using root group praszyk does not exist - using root user praszyk does not exist - using root group praszyk does not exist - using root user praszyk does not exist - using root group praszyk does not exist - using root user praszyk does not exist - using root group praszyk does not exist - using root user praszyk does not exist - using root group praszyk does not exist - using root user praszyk does not exist - using root group praszyk does not exist - using root File must begin with "/": %{_initrddir}/ntpd
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-2007-0414.html