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

[Aurelien Jarno]

On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 05:50:59PM +0100, Kurt Roeckx wrote:
> 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?
> 

I don't know if it is possible to get it working another way, but at
least on the default 7.2 FreeBSD installation, it runs as root.

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