Em 16-05-2013 22:36, Fernando escreveu: > 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. >
The message when ntpd fails on boot (also seen when testing restart with the bootscript) tells about the switch (I have an image with it). -- []s, Fernando -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
