This appears to be broken again, the 10.04 default profile has:
# vim:syntax=apparmor
# Last Modified: Tue Aug 11 16:14:21 CDT 2009
# Updated for Ubuntu by: Jamie Strandboge ja...@canonical.com
snip
@{NTPD_DEVICE} r,
So it only allows read-access to the devices. Also broken/reverted is
the
Paul,
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
Ubuntu better.
I've just checked the current development version, and I see
@{NTPD_DEVICE} rw in /etc/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.ntpd and
@{NTPD_DEVICE}=/dev/null in /etc/apparmor.d/tunables/ntpd.
You said that you're using
Thanks Robie for the quick reply, but I though 10.04.4 LTS would have
such bug-fixes included?
After all the ISO used to install is from after the date of the fix, and
the major package numbers are the same (comment #1 mentions 1:4.2.4p8
+dfsg-1ubuntu4 and my machine is reporting
Paul,
In order to maintain stability, a stable release only gets bugfixes
backported if they are deemed severe enough. I'm not sure that this bug
qualifies, because it only affects a small number of users (those with
hardware clocks) and a trivial workaround is available.
More details of the
This bug was fixed in the package ntp - 1:4.2.4p8+dfsg-1ubuntu4
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ntp (1:4.2.4p8+dfsg-1ubuntu4) maverick; urgency=low
* debian/dhcp.ntp: Dont remove *all* ntp server from ntp.conf.
(LP: #575458)
* debian/apparmor-profile: Allow access to /dev/ttyS*
(LP: #596859)
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** Tags added: apparmor
** Changed in: ntp (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided = Low
** Changed in: ntp (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Triaged
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ntp profile denies write access to serial devices
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/596859
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