bug#31467: switching from ntp to openntpd, openntpd fails to start

2019-02-18 Thread Efraim Flashner
On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 10:38:21AM +0300, Efraim Flashner wrote: > Currently `ntp' from `ntp' runs as ntpd:nobody, and `ntp' from > `openntpd' runs as root:root. ntp from ntp uses /var/empty as it's home > directory, which is owned by ntpd:nobody. When openntpd's ntp starts up, > it gives a permiss

bug#31467: switching from ntp to openntpd, openntpd fails to start

2018-05-16 Thread Efraim Flashner
Currently `ntp' from `ntp' runs as ntpd:nobody, and `ntp' from `openntpd' runs as root:root. ntp from ntp uses /var/empty as it's home directory, which is owned by ntpd:nobody. When openntpd's ntp starts up, it gives a permission error on its directory, /var/empty. When I changed the directory's ow