[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#517388: Bug#517388: ntp: Wrong permissions/owner with old kernel

[Peter Eisentraut]

On Friday 27 February 2009 14:45:32 simon at technocool.net wrote:
> Package: ntp
> Version: 1:4.2.4p4+dfsg-8
> Severity: normal
>
>
> Upgrading from Etch to Lenny, this server failed to install a current 2.6
> kernel but retained 2.6.8.
>
> When I corrected this error and rebooted, I discovered that the latest
> files in /var/log/ntpstats were now owned by root not ntp.
>
> I assume that the switch to user (-u), failed (presumably as the relevant
> features are not present in the old kernel).

I would venture a guess that switching users was already supported in Linux 
1.0.  There must be some other problem.