The /etc/ntp/ directory.

Ruslan Ermilov ru at FreeBSD.org
Mon Dec 12 06:08:02 PST 2005


On Mon, Dec 12, 2005 at 07:47:57AM -0500, Andre Guibert de Bruet wrote:
> 
> 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.
> 
RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/etc/mtree/BSD.root.dist,v
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revision 1.67
date: 2004/07/21 10:14:10;  author: roberto;  state: Exp;  lines: +2 -0
Add /etc/ntp to hold keys for ntpd.


Cheers,
-- 
Ruslan Ermilov
ru at FreeBSD.org
FreeBSD committer
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