Re: Bad idea to allow ntpd to write to /var/log/ntpstats/ on diskless workstations? (Was: r74218 - in trunk/src/debian-edu-config: debian share/ltsp/ltsp_config.d)

[Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>]

Hi,

On Donnerstag, 22. September 2011, Mike Gabriel wrote:
> > This is probably a bad idea, as ntpd will fill up this directory with
> > logs, and thus slowly eat RAM away from the diskless machine.  I decided
> > to not make this directory writable to avoid it, as ntpd work fine
> > without write access to this directory.  The only issue is some warnings
> > from ntpd, and these can be ignored.

after reading this...
 
> Ah... ok... Thanks! I'll take a even more close look and potentially
> revert this commit then.

I can only say: please do revert.


cheers,
	Holger