[Dovecot] ntp revisited (so what to do ?)

[Luigi Rosa]

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Harlan Stenn said the following on 08/05/11 21:58:

> - Start ntd as early as possible
> - - "ntpd -g ..." is better than "ntpdate ... ; ntpd ..."
> - Wait before starting time-sensitive services
> - - As last as possible in the boot sequence, run 'ntp-wait -v', and
>     start time-sensitive services after it successfully returns.

What happens if the server starts with a date very far in the past due to
hardware clock reset or something like that?

I mean: if a Linux starts with the hardware clock set to 1/1/2000 how much does
it take to get the real date?

I'm asking for curiosity, never tried this scenario.


Ciao,
luigi

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