Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2018 11:23:37 -0700 From: Pete Wright <pete@nomadlogic.org> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ntpd as ntpd user question Message-ID: <dfa3f30e-bf1f-501b-39c7-1efe0463396b@nomadlogic.org> In-Reply-To: <1532193285.1344.83.camel@freebsd.org> References: <5b90c49f-4616-9ef7-28a1-6445137245ef@nomadlogic.org> <1532191655.1344.80.camel@freebsd.org> <4b7acbd2-0230-345c-4370-24a72d0b492a@nomadlogic.org> <1532193285.1344.83.camel@freebsd.org>
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On 07/21/2018 10:14, Ian Lepore wrote:
> On Sat, 2018-07-21 at 10:11 -0700, Pete Wright wrote:
>> On 07/21/2018 09:47, Ian Lepore wrote:
>>> On Sat, 2018-07-21 at 09:41 -0700, Pete Wright wrote:
>>>> hello - i am testing out the new ntpd that was committed
>>>> yesterday and
>>>> am attempting to run as non-root. i've created a ntpd
>>>> user/group, and
>>>> verified permissions look good on pertinent directories. i am
>>>> running
>>>> into an issue with the rc script tho - it's complaining about
>>>> multiple
>>>> pid files being specified?
>>>>
>>>> $ sudo /etc/rc.d/ntpd start
>>>> Starting ntpd.
>>>> ntpd error: only one pidfile option allowed
>>>> ntpd - NTP daemon program - Ver. 4.2.8p11
>>>> Usage: ntpd [ - [] | --[{=| }] ]... \
>>>> [ ... ]
>>>> Try 'ntpd --help' for more information.
>>>> /etc/rc.d/ntpd: WARNING: failed to start ntpd
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> has anyone else seen this issue? not sure if this is an issue
>>>> with my
>>>> local config or not, i've read through the rc script and its not
>>>> obvious
>>>> to me yet why it may be getting multiple pid arguments passed.
>>>> the only
>>>> relevant bit i have set in rc.conf is:
>>>>
>>>> $ grep ntpd /etc/rc.conf
>>>> ntpd_enable="YES"
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> thanks!
>>>> -pete
>>>>
>>> You say you created an ntpd user/group, that seems to imply you
>>> didn't
>>> run mergemaster (which would have done that). If that's the case,
>>> you
>>> probably also didn't get /etc/defaults/rc.conf updated, so it still
>>> has
>>> the old ntpd_flags that includes the pidfile (which is now provided
>>> by
>>> the startup script and shouldn't be set in ntpd_flags).
>>>
>>> If all of that is the wrong guess, let me know and we'll figure it
>>> out.
>> that's Ian - that's most likely it (defaults/rc.conf). i did run
>> mergemaster but i suspect i didn't run it correctly b/c it didn't
>> copy
>> over any files, nor create the ntpd uid/gid. my buildworld script
>> does
>> a "mergemaster -m $CHECKOUT -a". i'll re-read the man page today
>> and
>> update my scripts accordingly.
>>
>> thanks again for the bread-crumb!
>> -pete
>>
> There's a "pre-world" stage of mergemaster (-Fp option I think) which
> isn't needed often, but one of the times it is needed is apparently
> when new user ids are added. (So I've been told, I've never much used
> mergemaster myself). I think there are some words about it at the very
> bottom of UPDATING.
so i was running the "pre-world" mergemaster, but i think what bit me
was relying on the "-a" switch. after reading UPDATING as you suggested
i re-ran mergemaster like so:
"sudo mergemaster -m $CHECKOUT -rvF"
which seems closer in-line with the documentation. i had a ton of stuff
missing, which would explain some funky behaviour i've seen in regards
to devd, so glad i sorted this out.
as someone RW mentions later in this thread, it would be sweet if
mergemaster could auto add users/groups. i missed this in the diff
during my pre-installworld mergemaster run. easily fixed - but def
something i'll have to keep my eye out for.
cheers,
-pete
--
Pete Wright
pete@nomadlogic.org
@nomadlogicLA
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