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