Date: Fri, 23 Jun 1995 11:53:42 +0300 From: Amos Shapira <amoss@cs.huji.ac.il> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org (FreeBSD Hackers Mailing List) Subject: Re: Check the date and time at boot Message-ID: <199506230853.AA05814@picton.cs.huji.ac.il> In-Reply-To: Your message of Fri, 23 Jun 1995 12:29:29 %2B0930 (CST) . <199506230259.MAA27792@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> wrote: |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. I'd second that. I can't afford an open PPP line for the entire duration of my PC's operation, nor call some local service to check time (we pay for every 5 minutes even on local calls at prime-time) I'd find such a utility usefull. Cheers, --Amos --Amos Shapira | "Of course Australia was marked for 133 Shlomo Ben-Yosef st. | glory, for its people had been chosen Jerusalem 93 805 | by the finest judges in England." ISRAEL amoss@cs.huji.ac.il | -- Anonymous
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