Launchpad insanity runs rampant

[Nils Kassube]

gene heskett wrote:
> Apparently there is.  That said it was going to update the
> flash-installer, then reported this in the early part:
> 
> Setting up ntp (1:4.2.4p8+dfsg-1ubuntu2.1) ...
> chown: invalid group: `ntp:ntp'
> dpkg: error processing ntp (--configure):
>  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit
> status 1
> 
> So now we know the cause of the error.
> 
> And:
> 
> root at shop:/etc# grep ntp passwd
> ntp:x:116:125::/home/ntp:/bin/false
> root at shop:/etc# grep ntp group
> root at shop:/etc#
> 
> Hummmm, ahh, duh, no group 'ntp', WTH?
> 
> Recommended fix?  Or should I just add it to the group file?
> I did that, using the group # 125 from the passwd file

That should suffice, just make sure that 125 isn't already used by 
another group ("grep 125 /etc/group" should only mention ntp). On my 
machine the UID and GID for ntp are different.

> Just one comment: It says it is starting the NTP SERVER...  Here I
> always thought ntpd was a client...  Picky picky. :)

Well, ntpd is client _and_ server.


Nils