On 07/21/2018 09:47, Ian Lepore wrote: > 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. that's Ian - that's most likely it (defaults/rc.conf). i did run mergemaster but i suspect i didn't run it correctly b/c it didn't copy over any files, nor create the ntpd uid/gid. my buildworld script does a "mergemaster -m $CHECKOUT -a". i'll re-read the man page today and update my scripts accordingly. thanks again for the bread-crumb! -pete -- Pete Wright pete_at_nomadlogic.org _at_nomadlogicLAReceived on Sat Jul 21 2018 - 15:11:52 UTC
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