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Re: ntp config tech note

  • From: Pekka Savola
  • Date: Fri May 21 09:00:52 2004 
On Fri, 21 May 2004, Adrian Chadd wrote:
> RE the "ntpd as root" thing, is there a capability in some UNIXen
> which lets you fudge with the kernel time/timecounter frequency without
> being root?  I think thats all it really needs root privilege for.

Yes, for example in Linux.

I've run ntpd chrooted and setuid'ed with special clock change
privileges for 3+ years now.  The code has been shipping for about
three years in Red Hat Linux, for example.

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Pekka Savola                 "You each name yourselves king, yet the
Netcore Oy                    kingdom bleeds."
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