After enabling NTP this morning, I noticed very similar messages to the above in my syslog.
Mar 13 09:16:23 assam kernel: [ 927.068998] type=1503 audit(1300032983.633:25): operation="open" pid=2184 parent=1 profile="/usr/sbin/ntpd" requested_mask="r::" denied_mask="r::" fsuid=0 ouid=0 name="/etc/resolv.conf.rawbw" Mar 13 09:16:23 assam kernel: [ 927.069297] type=1503 audit(1300032983.633:26): operation="open" pid=2184 parent=1 profile="/usr/sbin/ntpd" requested_mask="r::" denied_mask="r::" fsuid=0 ouid=0 name="/etc/resolv.conf.rawbw" Mar 13 09:16:25 assam ntpd_initres[2186]: host name not found: ntp.rawbw.com Mar 13 09:16:25 assam ntpd_initres[2186]: host name not found: ntp.ubuntu.com I had /etc/resolv.conf as a symlink pointing to resolv.conf.rawbw After deleting the symlink and copying /etc/resolv.conf.rawbw to /etc/resolv.conf, I restarted ntpd (using "/etc/init.d/ntp stop" and "/etc/init.d/ntp start"). This time I didn't get the error messages. The permissions on /etc/resolv.conf.rawbw are -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 80 Mar 13 09:01 resolv.conf.rawbw so it's not a problem with the file permissions. dig(1) and everything else worked just fine when /etc/resolv.conf was a symlink. Why is it a problem for ntpd? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to ntp in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/548885 Title: ntp host name not found error -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
