On Sunday 12 March 2006 04:28 pm, Peter Ruskin wrote: > On Sunday 12 March 2006 20:16, David Corbin wrote: > > ntp-client is in my "default" run level. However, when I it runs > > at boot time, I get this error message: > > > > 12 Mar 09:06:24 ntpd[9516]: cap_set_proc() failed to drop root > > privileges: Operation not permitted > > 12 Mar 09:06:26 ntpd[9561]: parent died before we finished, > > exiting > > > > > > If I run it as root manually, it runs fine. > > Add nodroproot to your USE flags and remerge ntp
I will, but why does it work fine "from the command line"? > > -- > Peter > ======================================================================== > Gentoo Linux: Portage 2.0.54. kernel-2.6.15-gentoo-r5. > i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 3200+. gcc(GCC): 3.4.5. > KDE: 3.5.1. Qt: 3.3.4. > ======================================================================== -- [email protected] mailing list

