The ntpd package needs some scripts, but the package has not set the dependency.

[mike@…]

The ntpd package has an /etc/init.d/ntpd script that calls the following scripts: user_exists, user_add, group_exists and group_add. However, these scripts may not be present. The ntpd package should set, as a dependency, whatever package does contain those scripts. (I'm not sure which one.)

root@OpenWrt:~# /etc/init.d/ntpd restart
/etc/rc.common: line 82: service_stop: not found
/etc/rc.common: line 82: user_exists: not found
/etc/rc.common: line 82: user_add: not found
/etc/rc.common: line 82: group_exists: not found
/etc/rc.common: line 82: group_add: not found
chown: unknown user/group ntp:ntp
/etc/rc.common: line 82: service_start: not found

[jow]

Those procedures are provided by recent base-files, your running firmware is just too old.

[jow]

Milestone Attitude Adjustment 12.09 deleted