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Re: [SLE] NTP set up in YAST is loosing time
  • From: François Pinard <pinard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 16:59:38 +0000 (UTC)
  • Message-id: <20051112165933.GA11653@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
[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?

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François Pinard http://pinard.progiciels-bpi.ca

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