Em 16-05-2013 22:13, Bruce Dubbs escreveu: > Ken Moffat wrote: >> On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 07:22:03PM -0500, Bruce Dubbs wrote: >>> Fernando wrote: >>>> I have built without libcap, erased "-u ntp:ntp" from the bootscript. >>>> and it is running fine in SVN > 7.3 as in their older sisters. >>>> >>>> Is it unsafe, or are there other reasons for the modification? >> >> I wish I could see Fernando's original post, but like all his >> posts this week I'm only seeing what gets quoted in replies. I've >> got problems with ntp on desktop systems. On LFS-svn-20130423 I >> built it without noticing that the change in BLFS had added an ntp >> user, and I failed to notice that the BLFS-bootscripts had been >> updated. I *thought* I got it to work by adding an ntp user and >> group, but my memory might be wrong. >> >> I then built 20130429 to try to fix the issues I'd seen in my own >> build, and to move to newer LFS versions. So, I added the ntp user >> and group, and used what were the then current BLFS bootscripts. >> But I still had to alter the bootscript [ this time, by removing the >> user and group ] because ntp continued to report something along the >> lines of "running as a user is deprecated" - that's from memory, I'm >> on my netbook without convenient access to my notes. >> >> Obviously, when someone has been prepared to do the work to run a >> daemon as a user instead of as root, I applaud the effort and cannot >> reasonably object. That's why I've kept quite until now, but it >> does start to sound as if it isn't only me who has problems with >> this ? > > My post was from (very dated) memory. I have not kept up on the > details. I now see from the man page that -u is only available with > --enable-linuxcaps > > -- Bruce >
I erased this part about that switch from an initial post, where I first thought it was missing, because when was going to send, noticed the missing dependency in my build. Also, only after rebuilding with dependencies I would be able to test it. Will do both tomorrow. Please, thank Ken for me. -- []s, Fernando -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
