[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#376400: ntp-simple: ntp cannnot open log and drift files

[Blu Corater]

Package: ntp-simple
Version: 1:4.2.0a+stable-9
Severity: normal

ntpd is unable to open and update log and drift files.

Messages in syslog are of the type:

Jul  2 13:38:28 lady-armanoid ntpd[23109]: can't open /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift.TEMP: Permission denied
Jul  2 13:38:31 lady-armanoid ntpd[23109]: can't open /var/log/ntpstats/peerstats.20060702: Permission denied

Even when in the update an info screen claimed that ntpd runs now as ntp
user, it apparently still runs as root:

$ ps ax -f | grep ntpd
root     26292     1  0 14:06 ?        SLs    0:00 /usr/sbin/ntpd

The log files and the directory /var/log/ntpstats are owned by user ntp.
/etc/ntp.drift is owned by root.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.12.5
Locale: LANG=es_CL.utf8, LC_CTYPE=es_CL.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages ntp-simple depends on:
ii  adduser                       3.91       Add and remove users and groups
ii  libc6                         2.3.6-15   GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcap1                       1:1.10-14  support for getting/setting POSIX.
ii  libssl0.9.8                   0.9.8b-2   SSL shared libraries

Versions of packages ntp-simple recommends:
ii  ntp-server             1:4.2.0a+stable-9 Network Time Protocol: common serv

-- debconf information:
* shared/ntp/update-conf: false
* shared/ntp/servers: ntp.dgf.uchile.cl ns.puc.cl
  shared/ntp/localclock: false

-- 
Blu Corater.