Subject: Re: misc/33397 (ntpd pid not recorded)
To: None <gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org>
From: Alan Barrett <apb@NetBSD.org>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 10/08/2006 20:05:21
On Sun, 08 Oct 2006, George Georgalis wrote:
> I have a minimal /etc/ntp.conf, it contains
>
> server north-america.pool.ntp.org
> driftfile /var/db/ntp.drift
> logconfig -syncstatus
>
> and ntpd starts and stops fine if I don't set
> $pidfile in /etc/rc.d/ntpd -- if it's set in
> /etc/rc.d/ntpd it also must be set in /etc/ntp.conf.
Yes, rc.d/ntpd and ntp.conf must agree about whether or not there's
a pidfile, and its name. They agree by default, but not in your
configuration, so I'll close the PR.
Thanks for the feedback.
--apb (Alan Barrett)