Dhcpcd writes wrong path to ntp.drift file in ntp.conf

Bug #789 reported by Kakel
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Bug Description

Dhcpcd writes the following line to /etc/ntp.conf:

driftfile /etc/ntp.drift

In Ubuntu 5.05, ntpd runs as user ntp and thus lacks permission to create the specified file

Dhcpcd writes the following line to /etc/ntp.conf:

driftfile /etc/ntp.drift

In Ubuntu 5.05, ntpd runs as user ntp and thus lacks permission to create the specified file. Write permission in the directory is necessary as ntpd regularly creates a new file ntp.drift.TEMP and then moves it to ntp.drift.

This may be solved by letting dhcpcd write the line in accordance to Ubuntu's default configuration:

driftfile /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift

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