Trouble starting ntpd on RHEL4

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Getting permission denied when trying to start ntpd on RHEL 4 system:
#  /etc/init.d/ntpd start
Starting ntpd: execvp: Permission denied
                                    [FAILED]

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4
  • ntpd

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