Running the ntpd service I see lots of messages in /var/log/messages like: Sep 4 13:02:21 localhost ntpd[302]: frequency file /var/run/ntp.drift.TEMP: Permission denied J' -- Avoid eavesdropping. Send strong encryted email. PGP Public key ID: 1024D/2DE827B3 fingerprint = 8797 A26D 0854 2EAB 0285 A290 8A67 719C 2DE8 27B3 See http://sks-keyservers.net or any PGP keyserver for public key.