Hi,

Frank Kardel --> current-users (2006-09-23 20:11:29 +0200):
> you need to make sure /var/chroot/dev/clockctl  exists and is accessible 
> to the user
> ntpd is running under (usually user root group ntpd).

$ ps -axuww -p$(pgrep ntpd)
USER PID %CPU %MEM  VSZ  RSS TTY STAT STARTED    TIME COMMAND
ntpd 596  0.0  0.4 1124 3652 ?   Ss    6:21PM 0:00.15 /usr/sbin/ntpd -u ntpd:ntpd -i /var/chroot/ntpd 

$ ls -l /var/chroot/ntpd/dev/clockctl
crw-rw----  1 root  ntpd  89, 0 Sep 19 19:45 /var/chroot/ntpd/dev/clockctl

> Also make sure 
> your kernel
> supports pseudo-device   clockctl.

$ strings /netbsd | sed -n '/^_CFG_.*clockctl/p' | unvis
_CFG_###> pseudo-device	clockctl		# user control of clock subsystem

BTW:

$ grep '^[^#]' /etc/ntp.conf
pidfile		/var/run/ntpd.pid
driftfile	/var/db/ntp.drift
logconfig	-syncstatus
server		time1
server		time2

This machine is running ntpd for about a year, and I've not seen this
`step-systime: Operation not permitted' message until I recently updated
the system...


Regards, Jukka

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