On Sunday 12 March 2006 19:43, David Corbin wrote: > 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. > > ======================================================================== Hi, Because when it wants to drop it's privileges from root to e.g. ntpd (user or group) it can't - get's killed. Usually permission problems or in this case it/ntpd can't access /proc to set time (cap_set_proc()). Just a sidenote, recently (a day ago) exchanged "ntp" for "openntpd" (from OpenBSD) on a hardened router, because ntp wanted to lock too much memory (RLIMIT_MEMLOCK - from 32K (default) -> ~8 MB) and other minor issues. HTH.Rumen
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