Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 17:23:56 -0600 (CST) From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: "Doug Young" <oracle@bryden.apana.org.au> Cc: <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Time adjustment clamped to =1 second ??? Message-ID: <14886.57740.970048.654421@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <002d01c05b23$c14cc230$837e03cb@dougy> References: <14886.56004.471063.260025@guru.mired.org> <002d01c05b23$c14cc230$837e03cb@dougy>
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Doug Young <oracle@bryden.apana.org.au> types: > > > Please don't do this. Just send plain text to this list; you're more > > likely to get a response that way. > ahhhh sorry, I thought it was set to plain text GUI mailers aren't good at showing you that kind of thing. > > You're almost certainly running at securelevel of 2 or more. See the > > init(8) man page for details. > > yeah thats correct .... when I dropped to securelevel 1 the problem went > away :) > I can't imagine what changing the date has to do with security though Off the top of my head, mangling log entries, defeating time-based security mechanisms, and "beating" deadlines. BTW, I just PR'ed this one for the FAQ. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Unix/FreeBSD consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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