Yo Hal!

On Thu, 15 Feb 2018 19:55:02 -0800
Hal Murray <hmur...@megapathdsl.net> wrote:

> > Doesn't ntpd need to be started as root to set that?
> > But how does ntpd set its caps before it starts?  
> 
> man 8 setcap

You know our users do not read man pages!  Can you provide a script,
or at least a detailed procedure?

Also, I do not see a CAP for /dev/pps* or /dev/tty* specific access.
Did I miss something?

> You set them on your ntpd when you mark it setuid as part of the
> install process.

Does our install process do that now?

RGDS
GARY
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