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Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2004 12:14:55 -0400
From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
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adstro@stny.rr.com wrote:
> Is there a way that I can allow a user to set the system time without
> allowing them to su to root? I can do things using sudo, but I was wondering
> if there was a way without using third party software.

You can "chmod u+s date" in order to make it setuid-root, although doing so 
  is not without risk.

If you don't trust a user with root, why would you permit them to change the 
clock?  Why not just configure ntpd and have the system time set correctly and 
not worry about this at all...

-- 
-Chuck