Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 64785
ntp.conf ignores parameters
Last modified: 2007-04-18 12:42:32 EDT
From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; Q312461; .NET CLR 1.0.3705) Description of problem: I have a line in /etc/ntp.conf which points my driftfile to /etc/driftfile and was receiving the following error: "ntpd[830]: can't open /etc/ntp.drift.TEMP:> Permission denied" In talking with Red Hat support, I have received the following directive, "I suspect their /etc/ntp.conf directs the drift file to be placed straight into /etc. The new layout puts such files into /etc/ntp/, a directory owned by the ntp user. So have them fix the "driftfile" line in their ntp.conf. Why even bother with a configurable ntp.conf, if it defaults to /etc/ntp/? This in my book is a bug! Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Just change your ntp.conf to point at a different directory and or filename. 2. 3. Expected Results: You should be able to configure ntp.conf to put files anywhere you want and have the application to continue to work. Additional info:
The right entry should be. driftfile /etc/ntp/drift ntp runs as user ntp for security reasons. Therefore it cannot write to /etc.