51433 – permissions mismatch between ntpd and /var/lib/misc

Bug 51433 - permissions mismatch between ntpd and /var/lib/misc

Summary: permissions mismatch between ntpd and /var/lib/misc

Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 48822

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:	2004-05-18 16:58 UTC by Matthew Marlowe (RETIRED)
Modified:	2005-07-17 13:06 UTC (History)
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Description Matthew Marlowe (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-05-18 16:58:11 UTC

ntp is currently configured to run by default as user ntp, group ntp.
However, the management application, ntpdc, requires write permission to /var/lib/misc by default and baselayout currently has 755 and owned by root.

This bug has existed for several months and has required fixing on every server deployed.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.setup new server
2.emerge, configure, and run ntpd
3.run ntpdc
4.Type peers
5. notice that syslog reports "18 May 16:05:24 ntpd[2023]: can't open /var/lib/misc/ntp.drift.TEMP: Permission denied"
6. chmod 777 /var/lib/misc, restart ntp
7. run ntpdc again, get correct results

Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2004-05-23 12:35:23 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 48822 ***