[pkg-ntp-maintainers] ntpd permission denied - solved

[Łukasz Czerpak]

Hi,

I've noticed that nameserver (from /etc/resolv.conf) must be accessible
to start ntp properly.

There are two strange behaviours of ntp.
First, when /etc/resolv.conf is empty, ntp starts with root privileges only.
The second - more frequently - when /etc/resolv.conf contains a
nameserver which is inaccessible during ntp startup. After start command
there are two processess: one with root provoleges and the other one
with ntp privileges. Of course this make a lot of 'permission denied'
messages in daemon.log.
The solution is to take care of proper initscript's starting sequence -
the nameserver/dnscache must start first.

Debian version: 4.0 Etch
Package: ntp
Version: 1:4.2.2.p4+dfsg-1

regards,

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