[Dovecot] "Time just moved backwards" in Dovecot in a Xen DomU
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Tue Oct 6 04:54:50 EEST 2009
i've
dovecot --version
1.2.5
hg log | grep changeset | head -n 1
changeset: 9407:a3e16df805e3
in my logs, i'm seeing
...
Oct 05 16:51:40 dovecot: Error: Time just moved backwards by 1
seconds. I'll sleep now until we're back in present.
http://wiki.dovecot.org/TimeMovedBackwards
Oct 05 17:07:22 dovecot: Error: Time just moved backwards by 1
seconds. I'll sleep now until we're back in present.
http://wiki.dovecot.org/TimeMovedBackwards
Oct 05 17:23:15 dovecot: Error: Time just moved backwards by 1
seconds. I'll sleep now until we're back in present.
http://wiki.dovecot.org/TimeMovedBackwards
Oct 05 17:38:23 dovecot: Error: Time just moved backwards by 1
seconds. I'll sleep now until we're back in present.
http://wiki.dovecot.org/TimeMovedBackwards
...
i'm running Dovecot in a Xen DomU,
uname -a
Linux mail 2.6.27.29-0.1-xen #1 SMP 2009-08-15 17:53:59 +0200 x86_64
x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
reading @, http://wiki.dovecot.org/TimeMovedBackwards
Bugs/Issues
* With Xen you should run ntpd only in dom0. Other domains should
synchronize time automatically (see this Xen FAQ).
@ my Dom0,
ps ax | grep ntp\.conf
5696 ? Ss 1:05 /usr/sbin/ntpd -p /var/run/ntp/ntpd.pid
-g -u ntp:ntp -i /var/lib/ntp -c /etc/ntp.conf
and,
grep localtime /etc/xen/vm/mail.cfg
localtime = 0
looking at my ntp logs around the same time(s).
...
5 Oct 16:41:17 ntpd[5696]: synchronized to 64.125.78.85, stratum 1
5 Oct 16:51:38 ntpd[5696]: time reset -2.140133 s
5 Oct 16:56:40 ntpd[5696]: synchronized to 66.220.9.122, stratum 1
5 Oct 17:01:28 ntpd[5696]: synchronized to 64.125.78.85, stratum 1
5 Oct 17:07:20 ntpd[5696]: time reset -2.137760 s
5 Oct 17:11:49 ntpd[5696]: synchronized to 204.152.184.72, stratum 1
5 Oct 17:15:01 ntpd[5696]: synchronized to 207.200.81.113, stratum 1
5 Oct 17:20:49 ntpd[5696]: synchronized to 66.220.9.122, stratum 1
5 Oct 17:23:14 ntpd[5696]: time reset -2.221749 s
5 Oct 17:27:57 ntpd[5696]: synchronized to 64.125.78.85, stratum 1
5 Oct 17:32:52 ntpd[5696]: synchronized to 207.200.81.113, stratum 1
5 Oct 17:38:22 ntpd[5696]: time reset -2.104476 s
5 Oct 17:42:48 ntpd[5696]: synchronized to 66.220.9.122, stratum 1
...
1 second is not a terribly big deal, but it IS an error ...
not clear to me as to what/where the problem actually is. i've not
seen an other dameons report any time issues; of course, i'm not sure
they're _checking_ :-/
any suggestions as to what/how to fix?
thanks!
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