Description of problem: After a new install (F15 beta x86_64 kde), i saw in the messages that ntpd was running. I did not use ntpd nor selected or sarted anything manually. The solution is to disable it with systemctl, disablig it with chkconfig does not work. # cat /var/log/messages | grep -i ntp Apr 20 09:00:50 ulquiorra ntpdate[882]: Can't find host 0.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2) Apr 20 09:00:50 ulquiorra ntpdate[882]: Can't find host 1.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2) Apr 20 09:00:50 ulquiorra ntpdate[882]: Can't find host 2.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2) Apr 20 09:00:50 ulquiorra ntpdate[882]: Can't find host 3.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2) Apr 20 09:00:50 ulquiorra ntpdate[882]: no servers can be used, exiting Apr 20 09:10:43 ulquiorra ntpdate[1342]: step time server 190.183.221.140 offset 575.154217 sec Apr 20 09:10:43 ulquiorra ntpd[1623]: ntpd 4.2.6p3 Wed Feb 9 01:56:47 UTC 2011 (1) Apr 20 09:10:43 ulquiorra ntpd[1623]: proto: precision = 0.104 usec Apr 20 09:10:43 ulquiorra ntpd[1623]: 0.0.0.0 c01d 0d kern kernel time sync enabled Apr 20 09:10:43 ulquiorra ntpd[1623]: Listen and drop on 0 v4wildcard 0.0.0.0 UDP 123 Apr 20 09:10:43 ulquiorra ntpd[1623]: Listen and drop on 1 v6wildcard :: UDP 123 Apr 20 09:10:43 ulquiorra ntpd[1623]: Listen normally on 2 lo 127.0.0.1 UDP 123 Apr 20 09:10:43 ulquiorra ntpd[1623]: Listen normally on 3 eth1 192.168.1.110 UDP 123 Apr 20 09:10:43 ulquiorra ntpd[1623]: Listen normally on 4 eth1 fe80::206:4fff:fe5a:dda8 UDP 123 Apr 20 09:10:43 ulquiorra ntpd[1623]: Listen normally on 5 lo ::1 UDP 123 Apr 20 09:10:43 ulquiorra ntpd[1623]: peers refreshed Apr 20 09:10:43 ulquiorra ntpd[1623]: Listening on routing socket on fd #22 for interface updates Apr 20 09:10:44 ulquiorra ntpd[1623]: 0.0.0.0 c016 06 restart Apr 20 09:10:44 ulquiorra ntpd[1623]: 0.0.0.0 c012 02 freq_set kernel 0.000 PPM Apr 20 09:10:44 ulquiorra ntpd[1623]: 0.0.0.0 c011 01 freq_not_set Apr 20 09:10:50 ulquiorra ntpd[1623]: 0.0.0.0 c614 04 freq_mode Apr 20 09:11:05 ulquiorra ntpd[1623]: ntpd exiting on signal 15 Apr 20 09:30:16 ulquiorra yum[2571]: Updated: ntpdate-4.2.6p3-3.fc15.x86_64 Apr 20 09:32:42 ulquiorra yum[2571]: Updated: ntp-4.2.6p3-3.fc15.x86_64 Apr 20 11:51:47 ulquiorra ntpdate[954]: Can't find host 0.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2) Apr 20 11:51:47 ulquiorra ntpdate[954]: Can't find host 1.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2) Apr 20 11:51:47 ulquiorra ntpdate[954]: Can't find host 2.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2) Apr 20 11:51:47 ulquiorra ntpdate[954]: Can't find host 3.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2) Apr 20 11:51:47 ulquiorra ntpdate[954]: no servers can be used, exiting Apr 20 11:52:13 ulquiorra ntpdate[1265]: step time server 190.183.221.140 offset 2.922979 sec Apr 20 17:08:27 ulquiorra ntpdate[988]: Can't find host 0.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2) Apr 20 17:08:27 ulquiorra ntpdate[988]: Can't find host 1.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2) Apr 20 17:08:27 ulquiorra ntpdate[988]: Can't find host 2.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2) Apr 20 17:08:27 ulquiorra ntpdate[988]: Can't find host 3.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2) Apr 20 17:08:27 ulquiorra ntpdate[988]: no servers can be used, exiting Apr 20 17:08:45 ulquiorra ntpdate[1325]: step time server 200.3.168.192 offset 0.518823 sec Apr 21 11:41:04 ulquiorra kernel: [ 9.313628] ntpdate[853]: Can't find host 0.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2) Apr 21 11:41:04 ulquiorra kernel: [ 9.313910] ntpdate[853]: Can't find host 1.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2) Apr 21 11:41:04 ulquiorra kernel: [ 9.314093] ntpdate[853]: Can't find host 2.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2) Apr 21 11:41:04 ulquiorra kernel: [ 9.314307] ntpdate[853]: Can't find host 3.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2) Apr 21 11:41:04 ulquiorra kernel: [ 9.314334] ntpdate[853]: no servers can be used, exiting Apr 21 11:41:13 ulquiorra ntpdate[1210]: Can't find host 0.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2) Apr 21 11:41:13 ulquiorra ntpdate[1210]: Can't find host 1.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2) Apr 21 11:41:13 ulquiorra ntpdate[1210]: Can't find host 2.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2) Apr 21 11:41:13 ulquiorra ntpdate[1210]: Can't find host 3.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2) Apr 21 11:41:13 ulquiorra ntpdate[1210]: no servers can be used, exiting Apr 21 11:41:33 ulquiorra ntpdate[1508]: Can't find host 0.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2) Apr 21 11:41:33 ulquiorra ntpdate[1508]: Can't find host 1.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2) Apr 21 11:41:33 ulquiorra ntpdate[1508]: Can't find host 2.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2) Apr 21 11:41:33 ulquiorra ntpdate[1508]: Can't find host 3.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2) Apr 21 11:41:33 ulquiorra ntpdate[1508]: no servers can be used, exiting Apr 21 11:41:33 ulquiorra systemd[1]: ntpdate.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1 Apr 21 11:41:33 ulquiorra systemd[1]: Unit ntpdate.service entered failed state. I never selected any ntp option... # cat anaconda-ks.cfg # Kickstart file automatically generated by anaconda. #version=DEVEL install lang en_US.UTF-8 keyboard es timezone America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires rootpw --iscrypted $6$gyPCiWxb.pGvaUSr$SMiNTb/ooEhT5dKs9lKeSlekt603KyFjp6.rvVgMhUFBO4bYsyhabs5vX9cCaUM1gbIiGwRvGMhsfyl47vTAU/ selinux --enforcing authconfig --enableshadow --passalgo=sha512 firewall --service=ssh # The following is the partition information you requested # Note that any partitions you deleted are not expressed # here so unless you clear all partitions first, this is # not guaranteed to work #clearpart --none #raid None --fstype=ext3 --label="ulquiorra-home" --level=1 --device=md127 --useexisting --noformat raid.008002 raid.008018 #part / --fstype=ext4 --onpart=sda1 #part raid.008002 --onpart=sda2 --noformat #part None --fstype=ext4 --label="Fedora-13-x86_64" --onpart=sda3 --noformat #part swap --onpart=sda5 #part None --fstype=reiserfs --label="ulquiorra-data0" --onpart=sda6 --noformat #part None --fstype=reiserfs --label="slack-root" --onpart=sdb1 --noformat #part raid.008018 --onpart=sdb2 --noformat #part None --fstype=reiserfs --label="ulquiorra-data3" --onpart=sdb5 --noformat #part None --fstype=reiserfs --label="ulquiorra-data1" --onpart=sdb6 --noformat #part None --fstype=vfat --onpart=sdc1 --noformat bootloader --location=partition --driveorder=sda,sdb,sdc --append="rhgb quiet" No ntpd selected in the kickstart file, but ntpd starts by its own. # service ntpd status ntpd.service - Network Time Service Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/ntpd.service) Active: inactive (dead) CGroup: name=systemd:/system/ntpd.service # systemctl -a --full | grep ntp ntpdate.service loaded failed failed Set time via NTP # chkconfig --list | grep ntp Note: This output shows SysV services only and does not include native systemd services. SysV configuration data might be overriden by native systemd configuration. ntpd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off ntpdate 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off # service ntpd stop Stopping ntpd (via systemctl): [ OK ] # chkconfig ntpd off Note: Forwarding request to 'systemctl disable ntpd.service'. # chkconfig ntpd off Note: Forwarding request to 'systemctl disable ntpd.service'. # systemctl -a --full | grep ntp ntpdate.service loaded failed failed Set time via NTP This is a new install, so i think ntp shoud not run. Now, reboot and se if it was disabled. # cat /var/log/messages | grep -i ntp Apr 20 11:52:13 ulquiorra ntpdate[1265]: step time server 190.183.221.140 offset 2.922979 sec Apr 20 17:08:27 ulquiorra ntpdate[988]: Can't find host 0.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2) Apr 20 17:08:27 ulquiorra ntpdate[988]: Can't find host 1.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2) Apr 20 17:08:27 ulquiorra ntpdate[988]: Can't find host 2.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2) Apr 20 17:08:27 ulquiorra ntpdate[988]: Can't find host 3.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2) Apr 20 17:08:27 ulquiorra ntpdate[988]: no servers can be used, exiting Apr 20 17:08:45 ulquiorra ntpdate[1325]: step time server 200.3.168.192 offset 0.518823 sec Apr 21 11:41:04 ulquiorra kernel: [ 9.313628] ntpdate[853]: Can't find host 0.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2) Apr 21 11:41:04 ulquiorra kernel: [ 9.313910] ntpdate[853]: Can't find host 1.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2) Apr 21 11:41:04 ulquiorra kernel: [ 9.314093] ntpdate[853]: Can't find host 2.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2) Apr 21 11:41:04 ulquiorra kernel: [ 9.314307] ntpdate[853]: Can't find host 3.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2) Apr 21 11:41:04 ulquiorra kernel: [ 9.314334] ntpdate[853]: no servers can be used, exiting Apr 21 11:41:13 ulquiorra ntpdate[1210]: Can't find host 0.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2) Apr 21 11:41:13 ulquiorra ntpdate[1210]: Can't find host 1.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2) Apr 21 11:41:13 ulquiorra ntpdate[1210]: Can't find host 2.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2) Apr 21 11:41:13 ulquiorra ntpdate[1210]: Can't find host 3.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2) Apr 21 11:41:13 ulquiorra ntpdate[1210]: no servers can be used, exiting Apr 21 11:41:33 ulquiorra ntpdate[1508]: Can't find host 0.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2) Apr 21 11:41:33 ulquiorra ntpdate[1508]: Can't find host 1.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2) Apr 21 11:41:33 ulquiorra ntpdate[1508]: Can't find host 2.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2) Apr 21 11:41:33 ulquiorra ntpdate[1508]: Can't find host 3.fedora.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2) Apr 21 11:41:33 ulquiorra ntpdate[1508]: no servers can be used, exiting Apr 21 11:41:33 ulquiorra systemd[1]: ntpdate.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1 Apr 21 11:41:33 ulquiorra systemd[1]: Unit ntpdate.service entered failed state. Apr 21 12:39:33 ulquiorra ntpdate[1241]: step time server 200.3.168.192 offset -0.200323 sec # chkconfig --list | grep ntp Note: This output shows SysV services only and does not include native systemd services. SysV configuration data might be overriden by native systemd configuration. ntpd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off ntpdate 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off So ntpd is enabled and working somehow... # systemctl status ntpdate.service ntpdate.service - Set time via NTP Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/ntpdate.service) Active: active (exited) since Thu, 21 Apr 2011 12:39:33 -0300; 6min ago Process: 1222 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/ntpdate start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) CGroup: name=systemd:/system/ntpdate.service # systemctl disable ntpdate.service rm '/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/ntpdate.service' Now, reboot once to see if it is finally disabled. # systemctl status ntpdate.service ntpdate.service - Set time via NTP Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/ntpdate.service) Active: inactive (dead) CGroup: name=systemd:/system/ntpdate.service # chkconfig --list | grep ntp Note: This output shows SysV services only and does not include native systemd services. SysV configuration data might be overriden by native systemd configuration. ntpd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off ntpdate 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off It seems it is finaly disabled. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): ntp.x86_64 4.2.6p3-3.fc15 @fedora ntpdate.x86_64 4.2.6p3-3.fc15 @fedora chkconfig.x86_64 1.3.51-1.fc15 @koji-override-0/$releasever Expected results: No ndtpd service, if it was not manually enabled or configured. Be able to disable the service with chkconfig. Additional info:
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 693504 ***