Re: [gentoo-user] ntp problems
On Monday 13 March 2006 12:22 am, Rumen Yotov wrote: On Sunday 12 March 2006 19:43, David Corbin wrote: On Sunday 12 March 2006 04:28 pm, Peter Ruskin wrote: On Sunday 12 March 2006 20:16, David Corbin wrote: ntp-client is in my default run level. However, when I it runs at boot time, I get this error message: 12 Mar 09:06:24 ntpd[9516]: cap_set_proc() failed to drop root privileges: Operation not permitted 12 Mar 09:06:26 ntpd[9561]: parent died before we finished, exiting If I run it as root manually, it runs fine. Add nodroproot to your USE flags and remerge ntp I will, but why does it work fine from the command line? Hi, I don't mean to sound like child who continues to go but why?. Still, it doesn't make sense to me. Because when it wants to drop it's privileges from root to e.g. ntpd (user or group) it can't - get's killed. First, I don't understand how root could ever have a permission problem try to downgrade its privleges. Second, I don't understand how it could not have the require privileges during the boot process (presumably running starting as root), and yet it works when I run it by hand as root. Usually permission problems or in this case it/ntpd can't access /proc to set time (cap_set_proc()). Just a sidenote, recently (a day ago) exchanged ntp for openntpd (from OpenBSD) on a hardened router, because ntp wanted to lock too much memory (RLIMIT_MEMLOCK - from 32K (default) - ~8 MB) and other minor issues. HTH.Rumen -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] ntp problems
ntp-client is in my default run level. However, when I it runs at boot time, I get this error message: 12 Mar 09:06:24 ntpd[9516]: cap_set_proc() failed to drop root privileges: Operation not permitted 12 Mar 09:06:26 ntpd[9561]: parent died before we finished, exiting If I run it as root manually, it runs fine. Any ideas as to what the problem is? David -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] ntp problems
On Sunday 12 March 2006 04:28 pm, Peter Ruskin wrote: On Sunday 12 March 2006 20:16, David Corbin wrote: ntp-client is in my default run level. However, when I it runs at boot time, I get this error message: 12 Mar 09:06:24 ntpd[9516]: cap_set_proc() failed to drop root privileges: Operation not permitted 12 Mar 09:06:26 ntpd[9561]: parent died before we finished, exiting If I run it as root manually, it runs fine. Add nodroproot to your USE flags and remerge ntp I will, but why does it work fine from the command line? -- Peter Gentoo Linux: Portage 2.0.54. kernel-2.6.15-gentoo-r5. i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 3200+. gcc(GCC): 3.4.5. KDE: 3.5.1. Qt: 3.3.4. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] ntp problems
On Sunday 12 March 2006 19:43, David Corbin wrote: On Sunday 12 March 2006 04:28 pm, Peter Ruskin wrote: On Sunday 12 March 2006 20:16, David Corbin wrote: ntp-client is in my default run level. However, when I it runs at boot time, I get this error message: 12 Mar 09:06:24 ntpd[9516]: cap_set_proc() failed to drop root privileges: Operation not permitted 12 Mar 09:06:26 ntpd[9561]: parent died before we finished, exiting If I run it as root manually, it runs fine. Add nodroproot to your USE flags and remerge ntp I will, but why does it work fine from the command line? -- Peter Gentoo Linux: Portage 2.0.54. kernel-2.6.15-gentoo-r5. i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 3200+. gcc(GCC): 3.4.5. KDE: 3.5.1. Qt: 3.3.4. Hi, Because when it wants to drop it's privileges from root to e.g. ntpd (user or group) it can't - get's killed. Usually permission problems or in this case it/ntpd can't access /proc to set time (cap_set_proc()). Just a sidenote, recently (a day ago) exchanged ntp for openntpd (from OpenBSD) on a hardened router, because ntp wanted to lock too much memory (RLIMIT_MEMLOCK - from 32K (default) - ~8 MB) and other minor issues. HTH.Rumen pgpQeBMSIHpnf.pgp Description: PGP signature
