[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#401847: ntpd_initres[1825]: ntpd returns a permission denied error!

[Rainer Dorsch]

Package: ntp
Version: 1:4.2.2.p4+dfsg-1
Severity: important


Hello,

I installed etch on an nslu2 (arm port) and receive this message in the 
/var/log/syslog file:

Dec  6 12:24:24 LKG7F63BB ntpd_initres[1825]: ntpd returns a permission 
denied e
rror!
Dec  6 12:24:24 LKG7F63BB last message repeated 3 times
Dec  6 12:25:24 LKG7F63BB last message repeated 4 times
Dec  6 12:26:24 LKG7F63BB last message repeated 4 times
Dec  6 12:27:24 LKG7F63BB last message repeated 4 times

It really pollutes the syslog file since the last reboot (did not happen 
immeadiately after the installation).

Not sure what data are of interest:
LKG7F63BB:~# ps uaxwww|grep 1825|grep -v grep
root      1825  0.0  2.1   5436   640 ?        S    10:13   0:00 
/usr/sbin/ntpd-p /var/run/ntpd.pid -u 104:104 -g
LKG7F63BB:~# 

LKG7F63BB:~# ls -l /var/run/ntpd.pid
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4 Dec  6 10:10 /var/run/ntpd.pid
LKG7F63BB:~# cat /var/run/ntpd.pid
1767LKG7F63BB:~#
LKG7F63BB:~# ps uaxwww|grep 1767|grep -v grep
ntp       1767  0.0  2.2   5436   680 ?        Ss   10:10   0:01 
/usr/sbin/ntpd-p /var/run/ntpd.pid -u 104:104 -g
LKG7F63BB:~# ps uaxwww|grep ntpd|grep -v grep
ntp       1767  0.0  2.2   5436   680 ?        Ss   10:10   0:01 
/usr/sbin/ntpd-p /var/run/ntpd.pid -u 104:104 -g
root      1825  0.0  2.1   5436   640 ?        S    10:13   0:00 
/usr/sbin/ntpd-p /var/run/ntpd.pid -u 104:104 -g
LKG7F63BB:~# 

Kind of surprising to me, that two ntpd are running.

The system is pure etch on the arm architecture. The only exception is a 
2.6.18 kernel which is not yet in etch.

Let me know, if you need more information.

Thanks,
Rainer

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: arm (armv5tel)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-3-ixp4xx
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages ntp depends on:
ii  adduser                      3.99        Add and remove users and groups
ii  libc6                        2.3.6.ds1-8 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcap1                      1:1.10-14   support for getting/setting POSIX.
ii  libreadline5                 5.2-1       GNU readline and history libraries
ii  libssl0.9.8                  0.9.8c-4    SSL shared libraries
ii  lsb-base                     3.1-22      Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip
ii  netbase                      4.27        Basic TCP/IP networking system
ii  perl                         5.8.8-6.1   Larry Wall's Practical Extraction 

ntp recommends no packages.

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