Date: Fri, 23 Jun 1995 12:29:29 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com (Rodney W. Grimes) Cc: mpp@legarto.minn.net, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Check the date and time at boot Message-ID: <199506230259.MAA27792@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199506230055.RAA09076@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> from "Rodney W. Grimes" at Jun 22, 95 05:55:06 pm
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Rodney W. Grimes stands accused of saying: > > Is there any interest in some /etc/rc changes (along with a small > > helper program) to check if the system date and time may be > > wrong? I did this after having my system clock wacked a couple > > of times, and didn't notice it for a day or so, and thought that it > > would be a good thing to have in the system by default > The more correct way to fix this is to use either ntpdate or timed > at boot time. Both are already supported by /etc/rc and /etc/sysconfig, > I don't think we need yet a third way to get the date right during boot. I'd disagree; not everyone's connected to the 'net. This is similar to the Sun thing that prints unhappy messages if the root filesystem's timestamp and the time are out by more than a day or so. I've certainly been drawn to time problems by that message more than once, so I'd say that it was a plus. > Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] My car has "demand start" - Terry Lambert [[
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