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Date:      Thu, 22 Jun 1995 21:40:34 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Jaye Mathisen <mrcpu@cdsnet.net>
To:        "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com>
Cc:        Mike Pritchard <mpp@legarto.minn.net>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Check the date and time at boot
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSD/.3.91.950622213958.28528S-100000@mg1.cdsnet.net>
In-Reply-To: <199506230055.RAA09076@gndrsh.aac.dev.com>

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On Thu, 22 Jun 1995, Rodney W. Grimes wrote:

> > 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
> 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.


The flaw here is that not everybody is connected to the internet to run a 
clock-checker program...



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