Syslog has 'ntpd[xxx]: can't open /var/lib/ntp/drift.TEMP: Permission denied'. How do I avoid this message?

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Issue

  • Syslog has 'ntpd[xxx]: can't open /var/lib/ntp/drift.TEMP: Permission denied'. How do I avoid this message?

    ntpd[xxx]: can't open /var/lib/ntp/drift.TEMP: Permission denied
ntpd[xxx]: can't open /var/lib/ntp/drift.TEMP: Permission denied
ntpd[xxx]: can't open /var/lib/ntp/drift.TEMP: Permission denied

  • ntpd are working as two processs.

    Sample ps command output is below

    ntp       1848  0.0  0.0  30440  1656 ?        Ss   Jul02   0:00 ntpd -u ntp:ntp -p /var/run/ntpd.pid -g
root      1855  0.0  0.0  30440  1144 ?        S    Jul02   0:00 ntpd -u ntp:ntp -p /var/run/ntpd.pid -g

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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