Non-root user can not run `ntpq -p` command, receiving error "Servname not supported for ai_socktype"

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Issue

  • Non-root user can not run ntpq -p command, receiving error Servname not supported for ai_socktype.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • ntpd

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