On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 11:13:39AM +0400, Eugene wrote: > Hello, > > I would like to suggest a change in handling of 'Time moved backwards' > problem. > Right now dovecot just dies. So, the scenario: > 1) Colocation server is shut down for some reason. The internal time drifts. > 2) Server is started again. > 3) Dovecot starts successfully. > 4) In about a minute, NTP daemon feels confident about adjusting the system > time. > 5) Dovecot sees the changed time and dies. > 6) Admin has to notice that, login and restart Dovecot manually.
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). -- Quentin Garnier - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] "See the look on my face from staying too long in one place [...] every time the morning breaks I know I'm closer to falling" KT Tunstall, Saving My Face, Drastic Fantastic, 2007.
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