On Thu, 25 Nov 2004, Martin Pitt wrote: > http://patches.ubuntu.com/patches/ntp.no-root.diff
hey cool -- i was about to submit a bug-report suggesting that debian enable this support. i found one problem with your patch -- it drops cap_sys_chroot before the chroot call. the following one-liner change applied on top of your patch handles that case. -dean --- ntp-4.2.0a+stable/ntpd/ntpd.c 2005-02-10 00:26:58.000000000 -0800 +++ ntp-4.2.0a+stable.dg1/ntpd/ntpd.c 2005-02-10 00:22:48.000000000 -0800 @@ -848,7 +848,7 @@ * drop privileges in this case. */ cap_t caps; - if( ! ( caps = cap_from_text( "cap_sys_time,cap_setuid,cap_setgid=pe" ) ) ) { + if( ! ( caps = cap_from_text( "cap_sys_time,cap_setuid,cap_setgid,cap_sys_chroot=pe" ) ) ) { msyslog( LOG_ERR, "cap_from_text() failed: %m" ); exit(-1); } -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]