Re: fixing dates?
>>>>> "Adam" == Adam Shand <larry@earthlight.co.nz> writes:
>> How do i permently fix a date on a debian system? Its set to
>> GMT, should i turn this off? Using date -s it works until the
>> next reboot, then it reverts to the wrong date again...?
> What I do is sync the clock from one of our servers using
> netdate and then use clock to set the BIOS clock so that it
> doesn't get reset on boot up.
> eg. netdate time.domain.net | clock -w
> seems to do the trick with us.
> It's also a good idea to remove the -u in the /etc/init.d/boot
> (search for GMT) unless your clock is actually set to GMT.
I do:
# netdate time.domain.net
# clock -u -w
... and it sets me to GMT.
Karl M. Hegbloom <karlheg@inetarena.com>
http://www.inetarena.com/~karlheg
Portland, OR USA
Debian GNU 1.2 Linux 2.0.29t
You tell me and we'll both know.
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