It's a race-condition, and is called from the ntpdate and ntp script in the DHCP exit-hook script dir:
# ls -l /etc/dhcp3/dhclient-exit-hooks.d/ntp* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1242 2008-03-07 20:37 /etc/dhcp3/dhclient-exit-hooks.d/ntp -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 802 2008-06-19 04:04 /etc/dhcp3/dhclient-exit-hooks.d/ntpdate I see these processes: root 6693 1 0 19:06 ? 00:00:00 /sbin/dhclient -d -sf /usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dhcp-client.action -pf /var/run/dhclient-eth0.pid -lf /var/run/dhclient-eth0.lease -cf /var/run/nm-dhclient-eth0.conf eth0 root 6752 1 0 19:06 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /etc/network/if-up.d/ntpdate root 6756 6752 0 19:06 ? 00:00:00 lockfile-touch /var/lock/ntpdate root 6788 6752 0 19:06 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d --quiet ntp start root 6804 6788 0 19:06 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /etc/init.d/ntp start root 6811 6804 0 19:06 ? 00:00:00 lockfile-create /var/lock/ntpdate It's a regression in 8.10, but as it's not installed per default, people aren't bumping into it. The lockfile-create/remove/touchlock binaries are provided by lockfile- progs, which are a simple C wrapper around lockfile_touch(3). See 'man lockfile_touch'. -- ntp init script started multiple times - causing 180 seconds wait on boot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/246203 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
