Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot dies, maybe ntpdate related. I'm new to dovecot

2010-06-28 Thread Ed W
On 25/06/2010 08:53, Xavi Montero wrote: The only change done in the server one week ago has been to install ntpdate, running once per day in cron-daily. In the cron reports, ntpdate reports a time-jump of 9 seconds each night. We did this because "apparently" we did not a "soft time drift"

Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot dies, maybe ntpdate related. I'm new to dovecot

2010-06-25 Thread Xavi Montero
- Might this time-jump cause dovecot to die? - I don't know wehere the dovecot logs are written to. Where do I I've confirmed in the logs that the die was really controlled and caused by the time-jump: Here's the log: " Jun 25 06:25:00 hidrogeno dovecot: Time just moved backwards by 9 secon

Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot dies, maybe ntpdate related. I'm new to dovecot

2010-06-25 Thread Jakob Curdes
Am 25.06.2010 10:35, schrieb William Blunn: Xavi Montero wrote: It has been running for several weeks but from one week ago or so, it suddently dies about once per day. The only change done in the server one week ago has been to install ntpdate, running once per day in cron-daily. In the cr

Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot dies, maybe ntpdate related. I'm new to dovecot

2010-06-25 Thread Tapio Sokura
On 25.6.2010 10:53, Xavi Montero wrote: The only change done in the server one week ago has been to install ntpdate, running once per day in cron-daily. In the cron reports, ntpdate reports a time-jump of 9 seconds each Time jumps, especially backwards, are not a good thing on a server. You s

Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot dies, maybe ntpdate related. I'm new to dovecot

2010-06-25 Thread William Blunn
Xavi Montero wrote: It has been running for several weeks but from one week ago or so, it suddently dies about once per day. The only change done in the server one week ago has been to install ntpdate, running once per day in cron-daily. In the cron reports, ntpdate reports a time-jump of 9

Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot dies, maybe ntpdate related. I'm new to dovecot

2010-06-25 Thread Frank Bonnet
I had the same problem due to clock backward On 06/25/2010 09:53 AM, Xavi Montero wrote: Hi all, my first post. After years with an old server, a couple of months ago I've installed a new one. We use IMAP. After research, I chosed dovecot. It has been running for several weeks but from one w