Re: rdate can't connect socket

["Michael B. Taylor" <mtaylor@vorticity.engr.utk.edu>]

On Thu, Sep 13, 2001 at 08:54:55AM -0400, Bob Hilliard wrote:
>      I have the following command in a cron.daily script:
>           rdate time.mist.god
> 
>      This has worked consistently for a long time, but for the past
> week or two it returns:
>      rdate: Could not connect socket: Connection refused
> 
>      This message returns almost instantly - too quickly, I believe,
> to be a connection refused at the remote server.
> 
>      Can this be a socket on my machine that refuses a connection?
> 
I cant say whether your theory is correct or not.  It sounds
plausible.  However, I did have the same problem a while
back.  I am pretty sure it the remote server refusing.  I
resolved the problem by installing the nptdate package, and
using my name server as a time host also.

Mike