[Vserver] unable to run ntp on vserver kernel / drop root privileges not allowed

Hi All, I encountered a problem when I wnated to start a NTP on a vserver-base system i get cap_set_proc() failed to drop root privileges: Operation not permitted The system is Suse 9.2 with a vserver 2.6.9 kernel Any hints Oliver ___ Vserver

Re: [Vserver] unable to run ntp on vserver kernel / drop root privileges not allowed

01 2005 17:19 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (a): Hi All, I encountered a problem when I wnated to start a NTP on a vserver-base system i get cap_set_proc() failed to drop root privileges: Operation not permitted The system is Suse 9.2 with a vserver 2.6.9 kernel does ntpd start on this

Re: [Vserver] unable to run ntp on vserver kernel / drop root privileges not allowed

I encountered a problem when I wnated to start a NTP on a vserver-base system i get cap_set_proc() failed to drop root privileges: Operation not permitted The system is Suse 9.2 with a vserver 2.6.9 kernel does ntpd start on this kernel in xid=0, that is, _not_ in virtual context? yes

Re: [Vserver] unable to run ntp on vserver kernel / drop root privileges not allowed

skip / does ntpd start on this kernel in xid=0, that is, _not_ in virtual context? yes the ntp is running in the main context I'm not sure, but If it doesn't, see capabilities module or like that -- realtime etc, depends on the kernel configuration. hmm - so I think I have to

Re: [Vserver] unable to run ntp on vserver kernel / drop root privileges not allowed

On Fri, Apr 01, 2005 at 07:06:19PM +0400, Peter V. Saveliev wrote: skip / does ntpd start on this kernel in xid=0, that is, _not_ in virtual context? yes the ntp is running in the main context I'm not sure, but If it doesn't, see capabilities module or like that --

Re: [Vserver] unable to run ntp on vserver kernel / drop root privileges not allowed

Hi Herbert, hmm - so I think I have to mod the sources as I cant find appropriate kernel config params... check for security modules and capabilities in particular Can you tell me what I must look for ? If you mean kernel modules - i have a monolithic one - so no modules are loaded at all

Re: [Vserver] unable to run ntp on vserver kernel / drop root privileges not allowed

On Fri, Apr 01, 2005 at 07:31:07PM +0200, Oliver Welter wrote: Hi Herbert, hmm - so I think I have to mod the sources as I cant find appropriate kernel config params... check for security modules and capabilities in particular Can you tell me what I must look for ? If you mean kernel