78946 – ntpd fails with default config because ntp group not created by install

Bug 78946 - ntpd fails with default config because ntp group not created by install

Summary: ntpd fails with default config because ntp group not created by install

Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	x86 Linux

Importance:	High normal
Assignee:	SpanKY

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Reported:	2005-01-21 06:26 UTC by Martin
Modified:	2005-01-21 08:56 UTC (History)
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Description Martin 2005-01-21 06:26:14 UTC

net-misc/ntp package installs the ntpd program. This has the following config file /etc/conf.d/ntpd:
NTPD_OPTS="-u ntp:ntp"

This causes ntpd to fail as the group 'ntp' is not created by the installation process.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Install ntpd
2.Try to run it.
3.

Actual Results:  
It fails to run under this user context.

Expected Results:  
It should have created the ntp group, correcting the problem.

Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2005-01-21 08:56:24 UTC

ebuild installs user/group