2 files changed, 15 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/recipes-support/ntp/files/ntp.conf.patch b/recipes-support/ntp/files/ntp.conf.patch
index 0700553..499dac5 100644
--- a/recipes-support/ntp/files/ntp.conf.patch
+++ b/recipes-support/ntp/files/ntp.conf.patch
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 diff -u old/ntp.conf new/ntp.conf
---- old/ntp.conf	2016-12-20 15:41:04.992738081 -0600
-+++ new/ntp.conf	2016-12-20 16:07:40.632709506 -0600
-@@ -1,7 +1,19 @@
+--- old/ntp.conf	2016-12-21 08:36:33.887646960 -0600
++++ new/ntp.conf	2016-12-21 08:37:41.115645756 -0600
+@@ -1,7 +1,20 @@
 -# This is the most basic ntp configuration file
  # The driftfile must remain in a place specific to this
  # machine - it records the machine specific clock error
- driftfile /etc/ntp.drift
+-driftfile /etc/ntp.drift
++# Driftfile must be in a directory owned by ntp
++driftfile /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift
 +
 +# The following code is for evaluating the timeserver.
 +# Remove the # to activate the statistics
@@ -22,7 +24,7 @@ diff -u old/ntp.conf new/ntp.conf
  # This should be a server that is close (in IP terms)
  # to the machine.  Add other servers as required.
  # Unless you un-comment the line below ntpd will sync
-@@ -9,8 +21,26 @@
+@@ -9,8 +22,26 @@
  #
  # server time.server.example.com
  #
diff --git a/recipes-support/ntp/ntp_4.2.6p5.bbappend b/recipes-support/ntp/ntp_4.2.6p5.bbappend
index 9c6419e..4651611 100644
--- a/recipes-support/ntp/ntp_4.2.6p5.bbappend
+++ b/recipes-support/ntp/ntp_4.2.6p5.bbappend
@@ -9,14 +9,18 @@ python do_patch_prepend () {
     import os
 }
 pkg_postinst_${PN} () {
-    touch /etc/ntp.drift
-    chown ntp:ntp /etc/ntp.drift
-    chmod 664 /etc/ntp.drift
     if ! [[ -d /var/log/ntpstats ]] ; then
 	mkdir -p /var/log/ntpstats
     fi
-
     chown ntp:ntp /var/log/ntpstats
     chmod 775 /var/log/ntpstats
+
+    if ! [[ -d /var/lib/ntp ]] ; then
+	mkdir -p /var/lib/ntp
+    fi
+    drfile="/var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift"
+    touch ${drfile}
+    chown ntp:ntp ${drfile}
+    chmod 664 ${drfile}
 }