Bug 147941

Summary:	net-misc/ntp: clarify that caps use-flag is needed for priviledge dropping
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Paweł Hajdan, Jr. (RETIRED) <phajdan.jr>
Component:	[OLD] Server	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	2006.1
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Paweł Hajdan, Jr. (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-09-17 08:01:37 UTC

Currently if you want to start ntpd as "ntp" user you have to emerge it with "caps" USE. If you don't it will silently fail to start (init script prints it started successfully, which is not true).

IMO a postinst ewarn message about it and maybe changes in default /etc/conf.d/ntpd file (which starts ntpd as ntp user) would be very helpful.

By the way creation of user ntp and group ntp could be made conditional - only when caps USE-flag is enabled.

Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-09-17 08:03:17 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 147403 ***