My friend noticed the same thing. I've tested it, here's result.
Kubuntu runs two instances of ntpd when /etc/init.d/ntp-server script is run on
system startup.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# date; ps aux | grep ntpd
Thu Jan 25 23:30:05 CET 2007
ntp 4851 0.0 0.3 3732 3732 ? SLs 23:23 0:00 /usr/sbin/ntpd
-p /var/run/ntpd.pid -u 110:117
root 4880 0.0 0.1 3732 1048 ? S 23:23 0:00 /usr/sbin/ntpd
-p /var/run/ntpd.pid -u 110:117
root 5405 0.0 0.0 2812 776 pts/2 S+ 23:30 0:00 grep ntpd
Now lets stop it. Only one instance is stoped by the script.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# date; /etc/init.d/ntp-server stop; ps aux | grep ntpd
Thu Jan 25 23:31:30 CET 2007
* Stopping NTP server...
[ ok ]
root 4880 0.0 0.1 3732 1048 ? S 23:23 0:00 /usr/sbin/ntpd
-p /var/run/ntpd.pid -u 110:117
root 5431 0.0 0.0 2812 772 pts/2 S+ 23:31 0:00 grep ntpd
but lets wait a while, and ...
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# date; ps aux | grep ntpd
Thu Jan 25 23:32:11 CET 2007
root 5438 0.0 0.0 2812 768 pts/2 S+ 23:32 0:00 grep ntpd
Now lets start ntpd.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# date; /etc/init.d/ntp-server start
Thu Jan 25 23:34:02 CET 2007
* Starting NTP server...
[ ok ]
Everything looks ok.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# date; ps aux | grep ntpd
Thu Jan 25 23:35:22 CET 2007
ntp 5456 0.0 0.3 3708 3708 ? SLs 23:34 0:00 /usr/sbin/ntpd
-p /var/run/ntpd.pid -u 110:117
root 5462 0.0 0.0 2808 764 pts/2 S+ 23:35 0:00 grep ntpd
ii ntp 4.2.0a+stable-9ubuntu2
ii ntp-doc 4.2.0a+stable-9ubuntu2
ii ntp-server 4.2.0a+stable-9ubuntu2
ii ntp-simple 4.2.0a+stable-9ubuntu2
ii ntpdate 4.2.0a+stable-9ubuntu2
My friend has found the solution.
(http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.devel.bugs.general/202577/focus=202577)
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Two instances of ntpd are launched, only one is stopped by the init script
https://launchpad.net/bugs/50406
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