From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Feb 7 15:02:15 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5466CD4A92 for ; Tue, 7 Feb 2017 15:02:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca) Received: from inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca (inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca [216.185.71.28]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca", Issuer "CA_HLL_ISSUER_2016" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 988B4826; Tue, 7 Feb 2017 15:02:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id B94746217D; Tue, 7 Feb 2017 09:22:29 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at harte-lyne.ca Received: from inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 9PwW0AF-WFIA; Tue, 7 Feb 2017 09:22:28 -0500 (EST) Received: from webmail.harte-lyne.ca (inet04.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca [216.185.71.24]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2B36862136; Tue, 7 Feb 2017 09:22:27 -0500 (EST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=harte-lyne.ca; s=dkim_hll; t=1486477348; bh=h4u4di3gcqpV6Gpr/AV70w9b1i5k0bFN+d/5cXseKI8=; h=In-Reply-To:References:Date:Subject:From:To:Cc:Reply-To; b=G5nfDW1NtbWHy/4PyDNbZFFYo8FYhnW5CXDotW7cGSZ1DDnjnuUfuomz0RY/u+YEr Zc+Dy52kH3fvqgOM+QFXE8IAmz08OsZmaWPw59AZqAbQ/+jk3MFb1HbjyDTqLESupH TvjtQIjkQXZYXIsU/WVxcGQWQl8Pvfh1GIRxW+pgdJe0eoo4fy3zl0brAUm0bpmEhs Q9jXagVYiWuapwtK19biTnj1l+vIkjJI/ey3vK09rhMVAHr87TeOKMFYTtY+mvGpQz iWE7L15NzQx0QryemWfcssJreVUE0xhPqwmT8tIVWJL81ULtHiuil0AwTCWW+CFoFv xp8lM3W9g2NzA== Received: from 216.185.71.44 (SquirrelMail authenticated user byrnejb_hll) by webmail.harte-lyne.ca with HTTP; Tue, 7 Feb 2017 09:22:27 -0500 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2017 09:22:27 -0500 Subject: Re: FreeBSD-10.3 No ntpd.pid file created From: "James B. Byrne" To: "Matthew Seaman" Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Reply-To: byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.22-4.el6 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2017 15:02:15 -0000 On Mon, February 6, 2017 19:04, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 06/02/2017 21:42, James B. Byrne via freebsd-questions wrote: >> Somehow system 1 is starting ntpd without passing the pidfile >> argument. However, I have diffed the /etc/rc.d/ntpd files from both >> systems against each other and there are no differences. So, how >> can >> this be? > > grep ntp /etc/rc.conf /etc/rc.conf.d/* /etc/defaults/rc.conf > > Look for the setting of a variable 'ntpd_flags' specifically. > > Cheers, > > Matthew That was it exactly. Our /etc/rc.conf was overriding /etc/rc.d/ntpd by setting ntpd_flags="". I must have done this when trying to discover why ntpd kept halting on our samba server without understanding the implications. Well, I do now. Thank you very much. -- *** e-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** Do NOT transmit sensitive data via e-Mail Do NOT open attachments nor follow links sent by e-Mail James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB@Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3