SLES9 runs NTP in a chroot environment. The root is /var/lib/ntp. So, any files that NTP expects to write in, such as /var/run/ntpd.pid, will actually be in /var/lib/ntp/var/run/ntpd.pid. Not quite sure why the symbolic link is there though. Perhaps child processes get created that then chroot themselves (again) and this lets them wind up in the right directory? Total speculation on my part, though.
Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Shilson Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 6:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: NTP on Lin-z Question: Recursive Directory Loop On my SLES 9 Lin-z system on zVM 5.2 I have a recursive directory loop. It is at /var/lib/ntp/var/lib/ntp/.... The bottom ntp directory is actually a link ntp -> ../.. I guess it is just a way to keep system programmers busy! :-) Since I don't need ntp on my Lin-z/VM system I guess it doesn't matter. Has anyone else seen this? Quick looks on SuSE, Google, and ntp.org don't show anything. tom ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
