Please set you time!!

[Nigel Wade]

WipeOut wrote:
> Hi all..
> 
> This is a message to all participants on the list...
> 
> Please make sure the date and time on your PC is correct.. I have over 
> the last week got many messages with totally incorrect dates and it 
> makes sorting by date a useless excersise..
> 
> For those of you who don't know how to do it..
> 
> Firstly find the closest open time server to you..
> http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/clock2a.html
> 
> Test it by running "rdate -p time.server.name"in a terminal window.. You 
> should get it printing out the current time on the screen, anything else 
> means the server did not respond properly so choose another server..
> 
> Then..
> 
> Go to "System Settings" > "Date and Time" and using the NTP server you 
> have chosen you can get the time updated automatically (the 
> clock.redhat.com and clock2.redhat.com don't seem to be working).. You 
> could also set you date manually on this screen..
> 
> Or you can simply run "rdate -s time.server.name" which will get the 
> system time synced up to the time server..

Be very careful when running rdate -s. Rdate is pretty braindead and will 
set the system clock to whatever data it gets returned, garbage or 
otherwise. Only do it manually (i.e. *never* in cron) and always check the 
system clock afterwards to ensure it got set correctly.

-- 
Nigel Wade