The /etc/ntp/ directory.

Andre Guibert de Bruet andy at siliconlandmark.com
Mon Dec 12 04:48:02 PST 2005


On Sun, 11 Dec 2005, Sten Spans wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Dec 2005, Andre Guibert de Bruet wrote:
>> 
>> So if ntpd is running as root because clock_settime(2) and friends require 
>> the effective user ID of the super-user, what is the functional purpose of 
>> this directory?
>
> None :)

So, I guess it is safe to ask for its removal.

Andy

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