Cannot start ntpd as user ntp

[bludger]

I am having some trouble starting ntpd. When I try to start it as the default user ntp, it bombs out without leaving any messages. I tried it by hand with the following command, and saw no indication of why it didn't work:

/usr/sbin/ntpd -p /var/run/ntpd.pid -u ntp:ntp

When I ran it as root, it worked:

/usr/sbin/ntpd -p /var/run/ntpd.pid

Any ideas?

[wynn]

The last two posts in "ntpd -U ntp" not working with kernel 2.6 should be helpful.
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