>>>>> "Joseph" == Joseph Gwinn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Joseph> so we cleaned [ntp.conf] down to maybe three lines, and Joseph> then stopped and started ntpd using the "service" utility. Joseph> Read the "service" shell script. It appears to get its file Joseph> paths from environment variables named after the thing being Joseph> started and stopped and accessible only in the root environment I read through most of the replies so far, but one thing I haven't seen noted is that this isn't an ntp issue at all, but rather that you were using system(8) as a black box. Anyone starting or stopping daemons needs to know how the distribution in use does it and should emulate that as close as possible. I haven't used RH is years, and am not familiar with system(8) or how well it is documented (and am writing this while offline and so cannot look it up), but it is almost always the case that things will break if services are started in anything other than a root login or su - session. Even when using sudo(8) it is best to 'su -' before starting daemons. Anyone administrating any box simply needs to know how the specific distribtuion does things in order to safely customize the install. -JimC -- James Cloos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP: 1024D/ED7DAEA6 _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
