The problem was the old init script from openntpd which was run before the init script from ntp and got removed (but not purged) by the install of ntp. The openntpd script runs /usr/sbin/ntpd (which is the same location as in ntp) but without any parameter, causing ntpd to not run with the correct user/group.
There's a matching Debian bug here: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=423595 -- ntpd can't write drift file https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/178814 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
