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I found this question while facing a similar issue.

The issue turned out to be that systemd's PrivateTmp feature does not work in a read-only configuration.

  1. Be sure to install ntp and ntpdate

    sudo apt install -y ntp

    sudo apt-get install ntpdate

  2. Copy /lib/systemd/system/ntp.service to /etc/systemd/system/ntp.service

    cp /lib/systemd/system/ntp.service /etc/systemd/system/ntp.service

  3. Open /etc/systemd/system/ntp.service and comment out PrivateTmp=true.

    sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/ntp.service

Now, it should work correctly!

As an additional step I have also now mounted /var/lib/ntp as tmpfs as recommended here

  1. Open /etc/fstab and add tmpfs /var/lib/ntp tmpfs nosuid,nodev 0 0 at the end of file. 
    sudo nano /etc/fstab

I didn't find this necessary in my case but there are additional insights into running on a read-only filesystem there.

I found this question while facing a similar issue.

The issue turned out to be that systemd's PrivateTmp feature does not work in a read-only configuration.

  1. Be sure to install ntp and ntpdate

    sudo apt install -y ntp

    sudo apt-get install ntpdate

  2. Copy /lib/systemd/system/ntp.service to /etc/systemd/system/ntp.service

    cp /lib/systemd/system/ntp.service /etc/systemd/system/ntp.service

  3. Open /etc/systemd/system/ntp.service and comment out PrivateTmp=true.

    sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/ntp.service

Now, it should work correctly!

As an additional step I have also now mounted /var/lib/ntp as tmpfs as recommended here

  1. Open /etc/fstab and add tmpfs /var/lib/ntp tmpfs nosuid,nodev 0 0 at the end of file. 
    sudo nano /etc/fstab

I didn't find this necessary in my case but there are additional insights into running on a read-only filesystem there.

I found this question while facing a similar issue.

The issue turned out to be that systemd's PrivateTmp feature does not work in a read-only configuration.

  1. Be sure to install ntp and ntpdate

    sudo apt install -y ntp ntpdate

  2. Copy /lib/systemd/system/ntp.service to /etc/systemd/system/ntp.service

    cp /lib/systemd/system/ntp.service /etc/systemd/system/ntp.service

  3. Open /etc/systemd/system/ntp.service and comment out PrivateTmp=true.

    sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/ntp.service

Now, it should work correctly!

As an additional step I have also now mounted /var/lib/ntp as tmpfs as recommended here

  1. Open /etc/fstab and add tmpfs /var/lib/ntp tmpfs nosuid,nodev 0 0 at the end of file. 
    sudo nano /etc/fstab

I didn't find this necessary in my case but there are additional insights into running on a read-only filesystem there.

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Pascal
edit approved Apr 16, 2020 at 12:00
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I found this question while facing a similar issue.

The issue turned out to be that systemd's PrivateTmp feature does not work in a read-only configuration.

  1. Be sure to install ntp and ntpdate

    sudo apt install -y ntp

    sudo apt-get install ntpdate

  2. Copy /lib/systemd/system/ntp.service to /etc/systemd/system/ntp.service

    cp /lib/systemd/system/ntp.service /etc/systemd/system/ntp.service

  3. Open /etc/systemd/system/ntp.service and comment out PrivateTmp=true.

    sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/ntp.service

Now, it should work correctly!

As an additional step I have also now mounted /var/lib/ntp as tmpfs as recommended here

  1. Open /etc/fstab and add tmpfs /var/lib/ntp tmpfs nosuid,nodev 0 0 at the end of file. 
    sudo nano /etc/fstab
  1. Open /etc/fstab and add tmpfs /var/lib/ntp tmpfs nosuid,nodev 0 0 at the end of file. 
    sudo nano /etc/fstab

I didn't find this necessary in my case but there are additional insights into running on a read-only filesystem there.

I found this question while facing a similar issue.

The issue turned out to be that systemd's PrivateTmp feature does not work in a read-only configuration.

  1. Copy /lib/systemd/system/ntp.service to /etc/systemd/system/ntp.service

    cp /lib/systemd/system/ntp.service /etc/systemd/system/ntp.service

  2. Open /etc/systemd/system/ntp.service and comment out PrivateTmp=true.

    sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/ntp.service

Now, it should work correctly!

As an additional step I have also now mounted /var/lib/ntp as tmpfs as recommended here

  1. Open /etc/fstab and add tmpfs /var/lib/ntp tmpfs nosuid,nodev 0 0 at the end of file. 
    sudo nano /etc/fstab

I didn't find this necessary in my case but there are additional insights into running on a read-only filesystem there.

I found this question while facing a similar issue.

The issue turned out to be that systemd's PrivateTmp feature does not work in a read-only configuration.

  1. Be sure to install ntp and ntpdate

    sudo apt install -y ntp

    sudo apt-get install ntpdate

  2. Copy /lib/systemd/system/ntp.service to /etc/systemd/system/ntp.service

    cp /lib/systemd/system/ntp.service /etc/systemd/system/ntp.service

  3. Open /etc/systemd/system/ntp.service and comment out PrivateTmp=true.

    sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/ntp.service

Now, it should work correctly!

As an additional step I have also now mounted /var/lib/ntp as tmpfs as recommended here

  1. Open /etc/fstab and add tmpfs /var/lib/ntp tmpfs nosuid,nodev 0 0 at the end of file. 
    sudo nano /etc/fstab

I didn't find this necessary in my case but there are additional insights into running on a read-only filesystem there.

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I found this question while facing a similar issue.

The issue turned out to be that systemd's systemd's PrivateTmp feature does not work in a read-only configuration.

  1. Copying /lib/systemd/system/ntp.service to /etc/systemd/system/ntp.service

    Copy /lib/systemd/system/ntp.service to /etc/systemd/system/ntp.service

    cp /lib/systemd/system/ntp.service /etc/systemd/system/ntp.service

  2. Open /etc/systemd/system/ntp.service and comment out PrivateTmp=true.

    sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/ntp.service

cp /lib/systemd/system/ntp.service /etc/systemd/system/ntp.service

  1. Open /etc/systemd/system/ntp.service and commenting out PrivateTmp=true.

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/ntp.service

Now, it should work correctly!

As an additional step I have also now mounted /var/lib/ntp as tmpfs as recommended here

  1. Open /etc/fstab and add tmpfs /var/lib/ntp tmpfs nosuid,nodev 0 0 at the end of file. 
    sudo nano /etc/fstab

sudo nano /etc/fstab

I didn't find this necessary in my case but there are additional insights into running on a read-only filesystem there.

I found this question while facing a similar issue.

The issue turned out to be that systemd's PrivateTmp feature does not work in a read-only configuration.

  1. Copying /lib/systemd/system/ntp.service to /etc/systemd/system/ntp.service

cp /lib/systemd/system/ntp.service /etc/systemd/system/ntp.service

  1. Open /etc/systemd/system/ntp.service and commenting out PrivateTmp=true.

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/ntp.service

Now, it should work correctly!

As an additional step I have also now mounted /var/lib/ntp as tmpfs as recommended here

  1. Open /etc/fstab and add tmpfs /var/lib/ntp tmpfs nosuid,nodev 0 0 at the end of file.

sudo nano /etc/fstab

I didn't find this necessary in my case but there are additional insights into running on a read-only filesystem there.

I found this question while facing a similar issue.

The issue turned out to be that systemd's PrivateTmp feature does not work in a read-only configuration.

  1. Copy /lib/systemd/system/ntp.service to /etc/systemd/system/ntp.service

    cp /lib/systemd/system/ntp.service /etc/systemd/system/ntp.service

  2. Open /etc/systemd/system/ntp.service and comment out PrivateTmp=true.

    sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/ntp.service

Now, it should work correctly!

As an additional step I have also now mounted /var/lib/ntp as tmpfs as recommended here

  1. Open /etc/fstab and add tmpfs /var/lib/ntp tmpfs nosuid,nodev 0 0 at the end of file. 
    sudo nano /etc/fstab

I didn't find this necessary in my case but there are additional insights into running on a read-only filesystem there.

Specified the changes to do
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