Hi Ralf,
Thanks for your help.
Dovecot stop
Change the server time
Dovecot start
Got a warning but it worked! Thanks a lot for your help.
(With dovecot 1.x)
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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
* 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
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:
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?
Don't take my word
Ralf wrote:
stop dovecot postfix
ntpdate timeserver
start dovecot postfix
start ntpd
Speaking as st...@ntp.org, I recommend:
- run 'ntpd -gN' as early as possible in the startup sequence (no need
for ntpdate)
then as late as possible in the startup sequence, run:
- ntp-wait -v -s 1 ;
On Thu, 2012-01-12 at 07:47 -0500, Harlan Stenn wrote:
then as late as possible in the startup sequence, run:
- ntp-wait -v -s 1 ; start dovecot and postfix (and database servers)
I'll +1 that advice, I introduced ntp-wait sometime ago when dovecot kept
bitching, not a single glitch
