[Dovecot] Time moved backwards

Eugene genie at geniechka.ru
Tue May 13 10:39:54 EEST 2008


Hello,

From: "Quentin Garnier" <cube at cubidou.net>
>> 4) In about a minute, NTP daemon feels confident about adjusting the
>> system
>> time.
> The admin should run ntpdate before launching ntpd and dovecot.  ntpd
> will _never_ move time backwards under normal drifting conditions (it
> has other ways of coping with that).

Please read carefully. ntpd IS run before dovecot, but a change of time
happens some time later. Of course, dovecot starting script can be hacked to
sleep for some time, but it feels like a wrong way to solve a problem.

Best wishes
Eugene 



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