Ubuntu
ntp package

  1. Bug #1372051
  2. Comment #7

Comment 7 for bug 1372051

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Ryan Harper (raharper) wrote :

This command:

addgroup --system --quiet ntp

is idempotent on default precise systems, so it's not quite clear why it fails on your system. Maybe it's possible to do some debugging on running that command.

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ cat /etc/issue
Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS \n \l

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ dpkg --list | grep ntp
ii ntp 1:4.2.6.p3+dfsg-1ubuntu3.4 Network Time Protocol daemon and utility programs
ii ntpdate 1:4.2.6.p3+dfsg-1ubuntu3.4 client for setting system time from NTP servers
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ grep ntp /etc/group
ntp:x:112:
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo addgroup --system --quiet ntp; echo $?
0