[Solved] NTP spamming the syslog; permission denied.

[Escorpiom]

I've just installed my first Zentyal 3.0 server at a client's shop. It wasn't easy but in the end all is running.
There are some minor issues however, starting with this ntp issue:

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Nov 18 00:35:46 server ntpd[3723]: ntpd 4.2.6p3@1.2290-o Tue Jun  5 20:12:08 UTC 2012 (1)
Nov 18 00:35:46 server ntpd[3724]: proto: precision = 0.102 usec
Nov 18 00:35:46 server ntpd[3724]: ntp_io: estimated max descriptors: 1024, initial socket boundary: 16
Nov 18 00:35:46 server ntpd[3724]: unable to bind to wildcard address 0.0.0.0 - another process may be running - EXITING
Nov 18 00:36:09 server ntpd[4998]: process_private: failed auth mod_okay 0
Nov 18 00:36:09 server ntpd_intres[5023]: ntp_intres.request: permission denied
Nov 18 00:36:09 server ntpd[4998]: process_private: failed auth mod_okay 0
Nov 18 00:36:09 server ntpd_intres[5023]: ntp_intres.request: permission denied
Nov 18 00:36:09 server ntpd[4998]: process_private: failed auth mod_okay 0
Nov 18 00:36:09 server ntpd_intres[5023]: ntp_intres.request: permission denied
I made sure every instance of the NTP service was killed before restarting, but I cannot get rid of it. Reboot does not solve it.
Any tips would be welcome.

Cheers.

[christian]

What I suggest is that once you have rebooted your server, restart NTP service via dashboard. You may have also to restart DNS service.
I found something related to this error some month ago but can't find it anymore. However, I think I wrote something about it in this forum. I'm still searching.

[Escorpiom]

Thanks Christian, restarted the service on the dashboard and today there were a lot of updates...
I do not know what did it, but at this moment the issue has been solved! No more NTP spam in the syslog.

Cheers.

[christian]

If I remember well, there is something related to NTP starting before DNS server or something like this, reason why there is no more error when you restart it manually.

[zzeroo]

Confirmed, restarting ntp from zentyal dashbord solve the issue.