*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1593907 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1593907
Hi Everybody, I looked into this again as a friend asked me. And it turns out there is an update probably worth it. Two things to mention: 1. the locking issue of /run/lock/ntpdate vs /var/lock/ntpdate (Thanks Paul for finding that). While I agree it is an issue by reading the code, I found that it is not that much of an issue effectively. The reason is that the base directories are linked. # ll /var/lock lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Apr 25 09:51 /var/lock -> /run/lock/ 2. The collision of the stop/starting of ntpd due to the ntpdate hook. That is a real issue and actually causing more than just your symptom here. That part of it will be addressed in bug 1593907 which is about to be SRUed soon I hope. Now what does this imply for this bug here, I'd say there is quite some hope that the issue resolves once the SRU of bug 1593907 is complete. I couldn't yet reproduce so I can't verify yet. But I want you involved and get the automatic updates of the SRU process so that you can check any effect on your issue when it is available. What I'll do is to mark this bug as a duplicate to 1593907. Once that one is in proposed please update this bug over here (not on the one I it dup to). If it fixes the issue great - and I hope/expect it does - great, if not we can un-dup this one again. ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1593907 ntpdate startup routine prevents ntp service from launching up on Ubuntu 16.04 server on system boot; manually starting ntp service works: [FIX in DESCRIPTION], just need to apply it and release a new version -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1577596 Title: ntpd not started when using ntpdate To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/init-system-helpers/+bug/1577596/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs