The ntpd could not write to /etc/ntp.conf in RHEL6

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • ntpd could not write to /etc/ntp.conf or /etc/sysconfig/network, receiving message "configuration unchanged"
  • In GUI window, I'm receiving the following error:
Couldn't write either /etc/ntp.conf or /etc/sysconfig/network.  Configuration unchanged.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux [RHEL] 6.1
  • python-slip < 0.2.20-1

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