On Wed, Jul 9, 2025, 14:54 Hal Murray <[email protected]> wrote: > I see no reason ntpd could not do that now. Root or non-root. But I see > no way to know if the ntpd is really talking to a gpsd. Root or > non-root. > > Can't I do something like make a group for gpsd, and make a directory that > is only writeable by group gpsd and have gpsd put the unix socket in there?
No, I have an open merge request open for NTPsec where Gary rejected a similar notion. (Unless it was the negative universe Gary causing trouble) Also pedanticly the correct sequence is. The NTP server starts first and makes the socket, then gpsd starts picking it up and running with it.
