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From: Peter Ruskin <peter.ruskin@×××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] ntp problems
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 21:33:39
Message-Id: 200603122128.31139.peter.ruskin@dsl.pipex.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] ntp problems by David Corbin
1 On Sunday 12 March 2006 20:16, David Corbin wrote:
2 > ntp-client is in my "default" run level. However, when I it runs
3 > at boot time, I get this error message:
4 >
5 > 12 Mar 09:06:24 ntpd[9516]: cap_set_proc() failed to drop root
6 > privileges: Operation not permitted
7 > 12 Mar 09:06:26 ntpd[9561]: parent died before we finished,
8 > exiting
9 >
10 >
11 > If I run it as root manually, it runs fine.
12 >
13 Add nodroproot to your USE flags and remerge ntp
14
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Re: [gentoo-user] ntp problems David Corbin <gentoo.org@××××××××××.com>