Thanks a lot for your quick response. I thought that dovecot won't start until the server time reaches the time before the "time jump".
>From your point of view dovecot will start normally if I adjust the time when dovecot is stopped? Thanks a lot for clarification. Ralf Hildebrandt wrote: > > * maximus12 <info_post...@gmx.ch>: >> >> Hi, >> >> I have the issue that my server clock is 45min fast. Therefore I would >> like >> to install ntp. >> I read a lot on the internet about dovecot and ntp. >> My issue is that 45 min are a lot an I would like to minimize mail server >> downtimes as much as possible. >> I don't care if the time corrections with ntp takes more than a few >> month. >> >> Does anyone know how I should proceed (e.g. how I have to setup ntp -> no >> time jump during installation and afterwards). > > stop dovecot & postfix > ntpdate timeserver > start dovecot & postfix > start ntpd > > the time jump is only really critical when the programs are running. > > -- > Ralf Hildebrandt > Geschäftsbereich IT | Abteilung Netzwerk > Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin > Campus Benjamin Franklin > Hindenburgdamm 30 | D-12203 Berlin > Tel. +49 30 450 570 155 | Fax: +49 30 450 570 962 > ralf.hildebra...@charite.de | http://www.charite.de > > > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Server-Time-45min-ahead-tp33126760p33127262.html Sent from the Dovecot mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
