Bug 61660 - PID error when stopping or restarting the openntp service
Bug#: 61660 Product:  Gentoo Linux Version: unspecified Platform: x86
OS/Version: Linux Status: RESOLVED Severity: minor Priority: P2
Resolution: FIXED Assigned To: vapier@gentoo.org Reported By: lars.geiger@gmx.net
Component: Applications
URL: 
Summary: PID error when stopping or restarting the openntp service
Keywords:  
Status Whiteboard: 
Opened: 2004-08-25 10:48 0000
Description:   Opened: 2004-08-25 10:48 0000
When openntpd starts, it creates two processes, one running as root, one as
user ntp:

eden ~ > ps aux | grep ntp
root      3673  0.0  0.2  2600 1072 ?        S    19:40   0:00 /usr/sbin/ntpd
ntp       3674  0.0  0.2  2600 1132 ?        S    19:40   0:00 /usr/sbin/ntpd

When stopping openntp, the initscript tries to stop all instances of ntpd:
'start-stop-daemon --stop --name ntpd'

But the process running as user ntp is killed automatically when the process of
root is killed. That is why start-stop-daemon can't kill the second process.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Run '/etc/init.d/openntpd stop'
Actual Results:  
eden ~ > /etc/init.d/openntpd stop
 * Stopping ntpd...
start-stop-daemon: warning: failed to kill 3673: No such process
1 pids were not killed

Expected Results:  
eden ~ > /etc/init.d/openntpd stop
 * Stopping ntpd...                           [ ok ]

eden ~ > emerge info
Portage 2.0.50-r10 (default-x86-2004.2, gcc-3.3.3, glibc-2.3.3.20040420-r1,
2.6.8.1-eden1)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.8.1-eden1 i686 VIA Nehemiah
Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16
distcc 2.17 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632)
[disabled]
ccache version 2.3 [enabled]
Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r4
Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CFLAGS="-march=i686 -mcpu=i686 -Os -msse -mmmx -mfpmath=sse -pipe
-fomit-frame-pointer"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
COMPILER=""
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config
/usr/share/config /var/qmail/control"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d"
CXXFLAGS="-march=i686 -mcpu=i686 -Os -msse -mmmx -mfpmath=sse -pipe
-fomit-frame-pointer"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="autoaddcvs buildpkg ccache digest sandbox userpriv usersandbox"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.tu-clausthal.de/pub/linux/gentoo/"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.de.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="acpi acpi4linux apache2 berkdb cle266 crypt dvd ethereal fbcon freetype gd
gtk2 hardenedphp idea imap jpeg libwww maildir md5sum mmx mpi mysql ncurses nls
pam perl png python readline samba sasl slang sse ssl tiff truetype usb x86 xml
xml2 zlib"

------- Comment #1 From Lars Geiger 2004-08-25 11:02:43 0000 -------
Created an attachment (id=38186) [details]
Patch for the openntp initscript

Fixes the problem by killing only the process running as root. Also removes an
unnecessary 'rm -f /var/run/ntpd.pid', which is not created by the initscript
nor openntpd itself.

------- Comment #2 From SpanKY 2004-08-25 17:52:58 0000 -------
added to portage, thanks