219627 – net-misc/ntp - ntpd fails with caps USE flag set

Bug 219627 - net-misc/ntp - ntpd fails with caps USE flag set

Summary: net-misc/ntp - ntpd fails with caps USE flag set

Status:	RESOLVED NEEDINFO

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Server (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	SpanKY

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Reported:	2008-04-28 20:42 UTC by Andrew John Hughes
Modified:	2008-05-04 11:06 UTC (History)
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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. ***