Why do I get "can't open /etc/ntp/drift.TEMP: Permission denied" entries in /var/log/messages when I use ntpd?

Release found: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, 5.

Resolution:

This error is caused by an incorrectly configured /etc/ntp.conf file. In earlier versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the drift file was located in the /etc/ntp directory, owned by root. If a configuration file from an older version o...