From 9b44deac01d61929a734a3ee4f739e95b024bfec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Denys Vlasenko Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2020 23:22:47 +0100 Subject: ntpd: allow non-root to run it (e.g. with -w option) This is safe: it's not a setuid applet, the attempt to set time will simply fail if attempted by non-root From openwrt 600-allow-ntpd-non-root.patch function old new delta ntp_init 1049 1005 -44 Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko --- networking/ntpd.c | 3 --- 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'networking') diff --git a/networking/ntpd.c b/networking/ntpd.c index 44e711232..032dc51ac 100644 --- a/networking/ntpd.c +++ b/networking/ntpd.c @@ -2462,9 +2462,6 @@ static NOINLINE void ntp_init(char **argv) srand(getpid()); - if (getuid()) - bb_simple_error_msg_and_die(bb_msg_you_must_be_root); - /* Set some globals */ G.discipline_jitter = G_precision_sec; G.stratum = MAXSTRAT; -- cgit v1.2.3