Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2018 10:47:35 -0600 From: Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org> To: Pete Wright <pete@nomadlogic.org>, FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ntpd as ntpd user question Message-ID: <1532191655.1344.80.camel@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <5b90c49f-4616-9ef7-28a1-6445137245ef@nomadlogic.org> References: <5b90c49f-4616-9ef7-28a1-6445137245ef@nomadlogic.org>
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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.
-- Ian
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