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Re: system clock workaround



Hello,

I have a similar but yet another problem. The battery of the clock is old,
and the clock is wrong if the power was off. It isn't a constant drift so
"hwclock --adjust" wouldn't help. Because I am connected to a network, I
have used netdate to get the correct time from the net.

But I still don't know what to do if the connection fails (and sometimes it
happens). The only solution is to set the time somewhere manually, but is
there a way for this to be done earlier than logging in? I guess it would be
better for different programs which act depending on the system time. 

(Maybe allowing someone to type in a date, if it is possible at all, is
somehow insecure, but I am the only user at the console).

Bye
Guentcho



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