ntpleapfetch regression.

Mike Simpson mikie.simpson at gmail.com
Mon Jun 7 19:44:27 UTC 2021


Hi Hal. 

I believe /var/log for logging and /var/lib/ for data files is the expected behaviour I think from the latest edition of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard 

> On 7 Jun 2021, at 20:14, Hal Murray via devel <devel at ntpsec.org> wrote:
> 
> Mike Simpson said:
>> Also, we are still trying to use /var/NTP for I believe NTS related logging.
>> Can this be moved to /var/log/something as SELinux really doesn’t like it.
>> nts or ntp/nts?  
> 
> /var/NTP/ is the default directory for all of ntpd's log files.  You can 
> override it in your config file.
> 
> Changing it is likely to break places that use it.  It would be nice if we 
> could fix something rather than just making an arbitrary change.
> 
> Does POSIX or something say we should use /var/log/?  Similarly, does it say 
> anything about where we should store the drift file? (and nts-keys)
> 
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