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Re: rdate fails Y2K?



On Sat, Jan 01, 2000 at 08:35:10AM -0800, Pann McCuaig wrote:
> # ping time.nist.gov
> PING time.nist.gov (192.43.244.18): 56 data bytes
> 64 bytes from 192.43.244.18: icmp_seq=0 ttl=47 time=85.3 ms
> 64 bytes from 192.43.244.18: icmp_seq=1 ttl=47 time=92.2 ms
> 
> --- time.nist.gov ping statistics ---
> 2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0% packet loss
> round-trip min/avg/max = 85.3/88.7/92.2 ms
> 
> # rdate -p time.nist.gov
> rdate: Could not read data: No such file or directory

After looking at the source, it seems that either time.nist.gov was
returning too much data, or none at all. Note, this worked when I used my
ISP's local Solaris time server, so this isn't a problem in rdate itself,
it has something to do with the time.nist.gov server. Now after checking,
it seems that it is returning more data than rdate expects.

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