named and ntpd start order in rc.d

[Nerius Landys]

> FreeBSD 7.0.  I am having a problem when ntpd starts at bootup.  It
> continues to have 2 processes running, the process which does the DNS lookup
> fails to exit, and ntpd fails to adjust the clock even after days of
> running.  Immediately after bootup and several hours or days later this is
> what I get:
>
> # ps -U root | grep ntpd
> 87837  ??  Ss     0:00.03 /usr/sbin/ntpd -c /etc/ntp.conf -p
> /var/run/ntpd.pid
> 87838  ??  S      0:00.00 /usr/sbin/ntpd -c /etc/ntp.conf -p
> /var/run/ntpd.pid
>
> If I do a "/etc/rc.d/ntpd restart" on a running system it fixes the problem,
> and only one of the ntpd processes remains, and the clock gets adjusted.
>
> I have named running as a caching name server on my system.  The contents of
> my /etc/resolv.conf:
>
> domain  nerius.com
> nameserver      127.0.0.1
>
> My /etc/rc.conf:
>
> ...
> named_enable="YES"
> ntpd_enable="YES"
> ...
>
> I believe that the problem with ntpd is that named is started AFTER ntpd.
>
> Trying to reproduce problem.  On a running system. I shut down named.  Then
> I restart ntpd, then I start named.  I can reproduce the problem that
> happens on bootup - ntpd has 2 processes and does not adjust the clock.
> Restarting ntpd while named is running fixes the problem
>
> I believe that the fix for this is to add a dependency to /etc/rc.d/ntpd
> script, adding "named" to "REQUIRE" section in comments.  In your opinion,
> is this a robust fix?  For example the line in my /etc/rc.d/ntpd script that
> looks like so:
>
> # REQUIRE: DAEMON ntpdate cleanvar devfs
>
> would be changed to this:
>
> # REQUIRE: DAEMON ntpdate cleanvar devfs named

Modifying /etc/rc.d/ntpd in this manner did not fix the problem.  I
still have 2 ntpd processes running indefinitely after bootup of the
system, until I manually issue a "/etc/rc.d/ntpd restart", after which
the ntpd runs fine.  As a separate test, I tried adjusting my
resolv.conf to point to an external name server, and I disabled named
at startup, and used the original /etc/rc.d/ntpd.  I still got the
same problem - 2 ntpd processes running indefinitely.

Does anyone know why I'm getting 2 ntpd processes running after bootup
(and ntpd fails to adjust the clock as a result)?  Any suggested fix
would be appreciated.