[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#522696: ntp: silently fails to start on kfreebsd-i386

[Kurt Roeckx]

On Mon, Aug 03, 2009 at 10:08:00PM +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> 
> The patch below makes ntpd works correctly as root. If still fails to work
> when started with the -u argument, as dropping the priviledges is only
> supported on Linux and NetBSD...

What is the normal way to run ntpd on a FreeBSD?  Does it just run
as root?  Does it make use of a jail?

If it's making use of a jail, how is the drift file handled in
that case?  And the log files?


Kurt