'ntpd' fails to start with error 'Cannot find user `ntp'' in logs, and sendmail gives the error 'sendmail .... RunAsUser: unknown user smmsp: No such file or directory' in the logs
Issue
- '
/etc/init.d/ntpd start
' fails to start ntpd, while 'sh /etc/init.d/ntpd start
' works okay.
The '/var/log/messages contain the following related error messages.
Feb 17 16:27:13 <hostname> ntpd[9066]: Listening on interface lo, 127.0.0.1#123 Enabled
Feb 17 16:27:13 <hostname> ntpd[9066]: Listening on interface eth0, 10.10.62.147#123 Enabled
Feb 17 16:27:13 <hostname> ntpd[9066]: kernel time sync status 0040
Feb 17 16:27:13 <hostname> ntpd[9066]: frequency initialized -3.176 PPM from /var/lib/ntp/drift
Feb 17 16:27:13 <hostname> ntpd[9066]: Cannot find user `ntp'
[root@<hostname> init.d]# sh /etc/init.d/ntpd start
Starting ntpd: [ OK ]
[root@<hostname> init.d]# ps -ef | grep ntpd
ntp 9081 1 0 16:28 ? 00:00:00 ntpd -u ntp:ntp -p /var/run/ntpd.pid -g
root 9084 9016 0 16:28 pts/0 00:00:00 grep ntpd
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The '/var/log/messages' also contain the following error messages related to sendmail, the reasons for which have to be investigated.
[root@<hostname> log]# grep smmsp maillog | tail Feb 14 04:02:02 <hostname> sendmail[28107]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(UID0): /etc/mail/submit.cf: line 432: readcf: option RunAsUser: unknown user smmsp: No such file or directory Feb 14 04:02:02 <hostname> sendmail[28107]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(UID0): /etc/mail/submit.cf: line 451: readcf: option TrustedUser: unknown user smmsp: No such file or directory Feb 15 04:02:02 <hostname> sendmail[32324]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(UID0): /etc/mail/submit.cf: line 432: readcf: option RunAsUser: unknown user smmsp: No such file or directory Feb 15 04:02:02 <hostname> sendmail[32324]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(UID0): /etc/mail/submit.cf: line 451: readcf: option TrustedUser: unknown user smmsp: No such file or directory Feb 16 04:02:02 <hostname> sendmail[3985]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(UID0): /etc/mail/submit.cf: line 432: readcf: option RunAsUser: unknown user smmsp: No such file or directory Feb 16 04:02:02 <hostname> sendmail[3985]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(UID0): /etc/mail/submit.cf: line 451: readcf: option TrustedUser: unknown user smmsp: No such file or directory Feb 17 04:02:02 <hostname> sendmail[7387]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(UID0): /etc/mail/submit.cf: line 432: readcf: option RunAsUser: unknown user smmsp: No such file or directory Feb 17 04:02:02 <hostname> sendmail[7387]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(UID0): /etc/mail/submit.cf: line 451: readcf: option TrustedUser: unknown user smmsp: No such file or directory Feb 18 04:02:02 <hostname> sendmail[10803]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(UID0): /etc/mail/submit.cf: line 432: readcf: option RunAsUser: unknown user smmsp: No such file or directory Feb 18 04:02:02 <hostname> sendmail[10803]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(UID0): /etc/mail/submit.cf: line 451: readcf: option TrustedUser: unknown user smmsp: No such file or directory
Environment
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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