/usr/sbin/ntpd runs as uid=123 not root on 12.0 & fails
Julian H. Stacey
jhs at berklix.com
Wed Mar 13 11:50:40 UTC 2019
Hi hackers at freebsd.org,
Has anyone else noticed release 12.0-p3 /usr/sbin/ntpd runs as
uid=123 not root on 12.0, the process runs, But fails to correct
the time ! Next thing to diagnose it, would be a kill of ntpd &
restart direct as root, I'm not root there so I'll wait for that.
Are others 12 systems slipping time too ?
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The bad host: 12.0-p3
grep ntp /etc/rc.conf
ntpd_enable="YES"
Identical: /etc/ntp.conf /usr/src/usr.sbin/ntp/ntpd/ntp.conf
ps -laxww | grep ntp| grep -v grep
UID PID PPID CPU PRI NI VSZ RSS MWCHAN STAT TT TIME COMMAND
123 17872 1 0 20 0 19424 19520 select Ss - 0:01.59 /usr/sbin/ntpd -p /var/db/ntp/ntpd.pid -c /etc/ntp.conf -f /var/db/ntp/ntpd.drift
ntpd is running not as root, but as 123
ntpd:*:123:123:NTP Daemon:/var/db/ntp:/usr/sbin/nologin
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 842896 Dec 7 05:16 /usr/sbin/ntpd
ntpd has no s or g bits, so can not set time I presume,
/var/log/messages has nothing since admin started it :
Mar 11 20:51:53 hostname [16744]: ntpd 4.2.8p12-a (1): Starting
Mar 11 20:51:54 hostname [16745]: leapsecond file ('/var/db/ntpd.leap-seconds.list'): good hash signature
Mar 11 20:51:54 hostname [16745]: leapsecond file ('/var/db/ntpd.leap-seconds.list'): loaded, expire=2019-06-28T00:00:00Z last=2017-01-01T00:00:00Z ofs=37
Mar 11 21:37:46 hostname [16745]: ntpd exiting on signal 15 (Terminated)
Mar 11 22:39:10 hostname [17871]: ntpd 4.2.8p12-a (1): Starting
Mar 11 22:39:10 hostname [17872]: leapsecond file ('/var/db/ntpd.leap-seconds.list'): good hash signature
Mar 11 22:39:10 hostname [17872]: leapsecond file ('/var/db/ntpd.leap-seconds.list'): loaded, expire=2019-06-28T00:00:00Z last=2017-01-01T00:00:00Z ofs=37
ls -l /var/db/ntpd*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 10663 Dec 31 02:30 /var/db/ntpd.leap-seconds.list
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A good host for comparison : 10.3-STABLE on time with radio wall clock:
UID PID PPID CPU PRI NI VSZ RSS MWCHAN STAT TT TIME COMMAND
0 580 1 0 20 0 21900 13812 select Ss - 0:45.10 /usr/sbin/ntpd -g -c /etc/ntp.conf -p /var/run/ntpd.pid -f /var/db/ntpd.drift
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 763888 Aug 17 2016 /usr/sbin/ntpd*
Non root manual invocation of ntpd command above:
must be run as root, not uid 200
grep ntp /etc/rc*
/etc/rc.conf:ntpd_enable="YES"
/etc/rc.conf:ntpd_sync_on_start="YES" # Sync time on ntpd startup, even if offset is high
/etc/rc.conf:ntpdate_enable="YES" # Sync time on boot # as ntpd later refuses to compensate > 1 hour
ls -l /var/db/ntpd*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 8 Mar 13 10:14 /var/db/ntpd.drift
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 10663 Oct 27 14:10 /var/db/ntpd.leap-seconds.list
Cheers,
Julian
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