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Re: [SLE] NTP set up in YAST is loosing time
  • From: James Knott <james.knott@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 19:05:56 +0000 (UTC)
  • Message-id: <43763D11.9020209@xxxxxxxxxx>
François Pinard wrote:
> [Aldrik KLEBER]
>
>> this is a very bad idea to put an ntpdate in a crontab because : [...]
>> 2) the time can go back (set from 10:04:57 to 10:01:32), which is
>> critical for mail servers,
>
> I'm curious. How or why would it be critical?
>

I'm not sure about mail servers, but the post office wants to ensure
snail mail is properly aged, before delivery. ;-)


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