Bug 219627

Summary:	net-misc/ntp - ntpd fails with caps USE flag set
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Andrew John Hughes <gnu_andrew>
Component:	[OLD] Server	Assignee:	SpanKY <vapier>
Status:	RESOLVED NEEDINFO
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Andrew John Hughes 2008-04-28 20:42:06 UTC

ntpd is run as user ntp in group ntp.  But this fails if capabilities are turned on and ntpd silently crashes:

capset(0x19980330, 0, {CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE|CAP_SYS_TIME, CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE|CAP_SYS_TIME, CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE|CAP_SYS_TIME}) = -1 EPERM (Operation not permitted)

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-04-28 20:46:22 UTC

Does it fail because it runs as the wrong user or because Linux Capabilities is disabled in your kernel? Does it work when you run it as root?

emerge --info too, please.

Oh, and I assume this is about net-misc/ntp.

Comment 2 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-04-30 15:59:35 UTC

*** Bug 219654 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***