Date: Thu, 22 Jun 1995 21:51:26 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> To: mrcpu@cdsnet.net (Jaye Mathisen) Cc: mpp@legarto.minn.net, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Check the date and time at boot Message-ID: <199506230451.VAA09559@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSD/.3.91.950622213958.28528S-100000@mg1.cdsnet.net> from "Jaye Mathisen" at Jun 22, 95 09:40:34 pm
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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... And these are the same types of people who are likely to turn there machines off for more than a few hours, causing this little utility to falsely trigger ever time they boot. No thanks, I don't want to answer all those newbie silly bug reports :-) But I suppose since it would have an /etc/sysconfig knob, with the default state to be off, if it where to be implemented the way that Sun or HP/Apollo did it and use the superblock time stamp instead of some cron job I would be willing to bring it in. -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation Company Reliable computers for FreeBSD
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