Bug 460230

Summary:	rsyslog stops logging after system clock rollback
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Ed Swierk <eswierk>
Component:	rsyslog	Assignee:	Peter Vrabec <pvrabec>
Status:	CLOSED NEXTRELEASE	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	9	CC:	theinric
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Description Ed Swierk 2008-08-26 21:24:14 UTC

Setting the system clock backwards causes rsyslog-3.18.1-1.fc9 to stop writing log messages until the clock reaches the former time.  This is a regression from sysklogd-1.4.1-41.fc6.

To reproduce this issue:

1. Disable ntpd
2. Run 'tailf /var/log/messages' in a shell
3. In another shell, run 'logger hello1' to verify that rsyslog is working
4. Run 'date -s 1 hour ago' to roll the clock back 1 hour
5. Run 'logger hello2' and notice that nothing appears in /var/log/messages
6. Run 'date -s 1 hour' to roll the clock forward 1 hour
7. Run 'logger hello3' to verify that rsyslog is working again

Comment 1 Fedora Update System 2008-08-28 10:41:02 UTC

rsyslog-3.18.1-2.fc9 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 9.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/rsyslog-3.18.1-2.fc9

Comment 2 Peter Vrabec 2008-09-02 09:17:59 UTC

Feel free to reopen this bug, if rsyslog-3.18.1-2 doesn't fix this issue.

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2008-09-10 06:56:24 UTC

rsyslog-3.18.1-2.fc9 has been pushed to the Fedora 9 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.