'service ntpd status' returns "ntpd dead but subsys locked" on RHEL 5
Issue
- 'service ntpd status' returns "ntpd dead but subsys locked"
- 'service ntpd stop' fails
- ntpd can be started successfully and is working without any issue.
Environment
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (RHEL 5)
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ntpd running chroot with a custom config
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