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"
Created attachment 38186 [details, diff] 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.
added to portage, thanks
