Description of problem: ntpd service always fails to start: # systemctl start ntpd.service Failed to issue method call: Unit systemd-timedated-ntp.target failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status systemd-timedated-ntp.target' for details. It seems that the systemd-timedated-ntp.target file is missing: # ls /usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-timedated-ntp.target ls: cannot access /usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-timedated-ntp.target: No such file or directory Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): systemd-187-3.fc18.x86_64 ntp-4.2.6p5-3.fc18.x86_64 How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install ntp package 2. Try to start ntpd service 3. Actual results: Commands fails due to missing target file Expected results: Command does not fail
Relevant item from systemd NEWS: * timedated will now read known NTP implementation unit names from /usr/lib/systemd/ntp-units.d/*.list, systemd-timedated-ntp.target has been removed.
I have this problem with Fedora 17. Manual start <systemctl start ntpd.service> does start NTPD but it never starts on reboot. Installed Packages ntp.i686 4.2.6p5-2.fc17 @fedora systemd.i686 44-17.fc17 @updates
The new hooking system seems to be described at: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/timedated For F17, the relavant bug is bug #821813.
Created attachment 602787 [details] Removes dependency on system-timedated-ntp.target Patch removes dependency on non-existing target. For more information on systemd-timedated please see[1]. References: [1] http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/timedated
Should be fixed in ntp-4.2.6p5-4.fc18. Thanks.