F19 - server, no graphics - time problem

[Cristian Sava]

Hi all,

My F19 mail server shows messages with wrong time (UTC instead EEST),
ntpd is enabled and is working. The date command is showing the correct
time. Is it a bug somewhere or I am missing something?
Any advice how to fix?
See the sample headers for a message:

Return-Path: <csava(a)central.xxx.yy&gt;
X-Original-To: ph_mailadmin(a)physics.xxx.yy
Delivered-To: ph_mailadmin(a)physics.xxx.yy
Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1])
     by physics.xxx.yy (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21D741E0085
     for <ph_mailadmin(a)physics.xxx.yy>; Mon, 27 May 2013 15:49:16 +0000
(UTC)
X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at localhost
Received: from physics.xxx.yy ([127.0.0.1])
     by localhost (physics.xxx.yy [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024)
     with ESMTP id NdKnk0LrHZYW for <ph_mailadmin(a)physics.xxx.yy>;
     Mon, 27 May 2013 18:49:10 +0300 (EEST)
Received: from ns.central.xxx.yy (g129.central.xxx.yy [zzz.www.vvv.129])
     by physics.xxx.yy (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 942A41E0068
     for <ph_mailadmin(a)physics.xxx.yy>; Mon, 27 May 2013 18:49:10 +0300
(EEST)
Received: from [zzz.www.vvv.194] (s194.central.xxx.yy [zzz.www.vvv.194])
     by ns.central.xxx.yy (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id r4RFeo7I024887
     for <ph_mailadmin(a)physics.xxx.yy>; Mon, 27 May 2013 18:40:50 +0300
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Subject: [Fwd: Corectii privind adresa privind solicitarea de
informatii.]
From: Cristian Sava <csava(a)central.xxx.yy&gt;
To: ph_mailadmin(a)physics.xxx.yy
Date: Mon, 27 May 2013 18:49:10 +0300
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C. Sava

[Ed Greshko]

On 05/28/13 00:09, Cristian Sava wrote:
>  My F19 mail server shows messages with wrong time (UTC instead
> EEST),
>  ntpd is enabled and is working. The date command is showing the correct
>  time. Is it a bug somewhere or I am missing something?
>  Any advice how to fix? 
I have not configured sendmail (assuming you're using that and not postfix) but maybe
you need to add the confTIME_ZONE directive to your sendmail.mc file and recreate
sendmail.cf?

-- 
The only thing worse than a poorly asked question is a cryptic answer.

[Cristian Sava]

On Tue, 2013-05-28 at 05:16 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
>  On 05/28/13 00:09, Cristian Sava wrote:
>  > My F19 mail server shows messages with wrong time (UTC instead EEST),
>  > ntpd is enabled and is working. The date command is showing the correct
>  > time. Is it a bug somewhere or I am missing something?
>  > Any advice how to fix?
>  
>  I have not configured sendmail (assuming you're using that and not postfix) but maybe
> you need to add the confTIME_ZONE directive to your sendmail.mc file and recreate
> sendmail.cf?
>   
Thank you for your suggestion but I use postfix+courier-imap+amavisd-new
+clamav+spamassassin and no graphics installed on this box
(I3-2120-8GB-ASRock_H67M-GE).
Note that this identical configuration perfectly works on a virtual
kvm-qemu with gnome interface (no bugs there, no problems at all).
That is why I suspect a bug somewhere in amavisd-new clamav spamassassin
chain in the absence of the graphical interface or I need to configure
something that I don't know of.

C. Sava

F19 - server, no graphics - time problem - partial solution found

[Cristian Sava]

Partial solution found:

# cd /var/spool/postfix
# mkdir etc
# cd etc
# cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Bucharest localtime
# postfix check
# postfix reload

and the mail headers are now ok:

Return-Path: <csava(a)central.xxx.yy&gt;
X-Original-To: ph_mailadmin(a)physics.xxx.yy
Delivered-To: ph_mailadmin(a)physics.xxx.yy
Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1])
    by physics.xxx.yy (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11C581E0095
    for <ph_mailadmin(a)physics.xxx.yy>; Tue, 28 May 2013 11:56:59 +0300
(EEST)
X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at localhost
Received: from physics.xxx.yy ([127.0.0.1])
    by localhost (physics.xxx.yy [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024)
    with ESMTP id AgDscSLn8TMG for <ph_mailadmin(a)physics.xxx.yy>;
    Tue, 28 May 2013 11:56:53 +0300 (EEST)
Received: from ns.central.xxx.yy (g129.central.xxx.yy [193.www.zzz.129])
    by physics.xxx.yy (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1593A1E0094
    for <ph_mailadmin(a)physics.xxx.yy>; Tue, 28 May 2013 11:56:53 +0300
(EEST)
Received: from [193.www.zzz.194] (s194.central.xxx.yy [193.www.zzz.194])
    by ns.central.xxx.yy (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id r4S8mOLs011307
    for <ph_mailadmin(a)physics.xxx.yy>; Tue, 28 May 2013 11:48:24 +0300
Message-ID: <1369731412.11701.0.camel(a)s194.central.xxx.yy&gt;
Subject: [Fwd: Re: F19 - server, no graphics - time problem]
From: Cristian Sava <csava(a)central.xxx.yy&gt;
To: ph_mailadmin(a)physics.xxx.yy
Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 11:56:52 +0300
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[root@physics ~]# timedatectl
      Local time: Tue 2013-05-28 11:27:37 EEST
  Universal time: Tue 2013-05-28 08:27:37 UTC
        RTC time: Tue 2013-05-28 08:27:37
        Timezone: Europe/Bucharest (EEST, +0300)
     NTP enabled: yes
NTP synchronized: yes
 RTC in local TZ: no
      DST active: yes
 Last DST change: DST began at
                  Sun 2013-03-31 02:59:59 EET
                  Sun 2013-03-31 04:00:00 EEST
 Next DST change: DST ends (the clock jumps one hour backwards) at
                  Sun 2013-10-27 03:59:59 EEST
                  Sun 2013-10-27 03:00:00 EET
[root@physics ~]# systemctl status chronyd.service
chronyd.service - NTP client/server
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/chronyd.service; enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Mon 2013-05-27 18:43:22 EEST; 16h ago
 Main PID: 362 (chronyd)
   CGroup: name=systemd:/system/chronyd.service
           └─362 /usr/sbin/chronyd -u chrony

May 27 18:43:22 physics.xxx.yy chronyd[362]: chronyd version 1.27
starting
May 27 18:43:22 physics.xxx.yy chronyd[362]: Linux kernel major=3
minor=9 patch=4
May 27 18:43:22 physics.xxx.yy chronyd[362]: hz=100 shift_hz=7
freq_scale=1.00000000 nominal_tick=10000 ...ll=2
May 27 18:43:22 physics.xxx.yy chronyd[362]: Frequency -3.964 +/- 3.425
ppm read from /var/lib/chrony/drift
May 27 18:43:22 physics.xxx.yy systemd[1]: Started NTP client/server.
May 27 18:43:35 physics.xxx.yy chronyd[362]: Selected source 89.36.197.2
May 27 18:44:41 physics.xxx.yy chronyd[362]: Selected source
91.207.120.6
May 27 18:46:51 physics.xxx.yy chronyd[362]: Selected source
93.190.144.19

Some problems still persist:
1) Squirrelmail still is displaying the wrong time (UTC instead of
EEST).
2) The shown fix is not necessary if the graphical platform exist, so
it's a bug somewhere.

Already tried (as if chrooted)

# cd /var/www
# mkdir etc
# cp /etc/localtime localtime
# systemctl restart httpd.service

but has no positive results.
Any good idea?

C.Sava

F19 - server, no graphics - time problem - the complete solution

[Cristian Sava]

On Tue, 2013-05-28 at 12:33 +0300, Cristian Sava wrote:
>  Partial solution found:
>  
>  # cd /var/spool/postfix
>  # mkdir etc
>  # cd etc
>  # cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Bucharest localtime
>  # postfix check
>  # postfix reload
>   
We also need to edit php.ini and set 
  date.timezone = "Europe/Bucharest"
and
# systemctl restart httpd.service

Now all is working fine.
F19 is still prerelease and such bugs are expected and that's why I
report them. Hope this helps to fix for the final release.

C.Sava

F19 - server, no graphics - time problem - the complete solution

[Ed Greshko]

On 05/28/13 17:59, Cristian Sava wrote:
>  F19 is still prerelease and such bugs are expected and that's why
> I
>  report them. Hope this helps to fix for the final release. 
Only if you file a bugzilla will you guarantee some attention is given to the issue.

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F19 - server, no graphics - time problem - the complete solution

[Adam Williamson]

On Tue, 2013-05-28 at 12:59 +0300, Cristian Sava wrote:
>  On Tue, 2013-05-28 at 12:33 +0300, Cristian Sava wrote:
>  > Partial solution found:
>  > 
>  > # cd /var/spool/postfix
>  > # mkdir etc
>  > # cd etc
>  > # cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Bucharest localtime
>  > # postfix check
>  > # postfix reload
>  > 
>  We also need to edit php.ini and set 
>    date.timezone = "Europe/Bucharest"
>  and
>  # systemctl restart httpd.service
>  
>  Now all is working fine.
>  F19 is still prerelease and such bugs are expected and that's why I
>  report them. Hope this helps to fix for the final release. 
I don't recall seeing reports of anything in particular being changed in
this area. Are you sure this behaviour differs from previous releases?
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F19 - server, no graphics - time problem - the complete solution

[Cristian Sava]

On Tue, 2013-05-28 at 10:57 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote:
>  I don't recall seeing reports of anything in particular being
> changed in
>  this area. Are you sure this behaviour differs from previous releases?
>  --  
I am saying that something similar to
  # cd /var/spool/postfix
  # mkdir etc
  # cd etc
  # cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Bucharest localtime
should be done as install part of postfix and also for 
   date.timezone = "Europe/Bucharest"
regardless of how much time was actually.
That way we will avoid time zone problems on mail servers.

C. Sava