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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!news.cse.psu.edu!news.math.psu.edu!news.cac.psu.edu!brando!kmb203 From: Kevin M Bealer <kmb203@psu.edu> Newsgroups: alt.unix.wizards,comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: How do I set the time? Date: Mon, 1 Jul 1996 05:03:11 -0400 Organization: Penn State University, Center for Academic Computing Lines: 29 Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.93.960701050127.2527F-100000@brando> References: <4r6c70$d4l@nuke.csu.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp223.cac.psu.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Sender: kmb203@brando To: Roy Jezmajian <rj@futon.SFSU.EDU> In-Reply-To: <4r6c70$d4l@nuke.csu.net> Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.unix.wizards:4590 comp.unix.admin:44295 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:4187 On 30 Jun 1996, Roy Jezmajian wrote: > Can anyone help me? What command (if any) should I use to set the system > time on my server? I have BSDI running on a Pentium at an off-site > location and it would be very inconvenient if I have to travel there. > > Please e-mail me. Thanks in advanvce. > > > Roy Jezmajian > > WWW: http://futon.sfsu.edu/~rj/ > E-Mail: roy@sfsu.edu "date" will set the time. Note you may need to do a "clock" command to set the hardware clock as well. This shouldn't affect the system per se, unless it goes down and comes back up. (the system time is set from the hardware clock.) (This is under Linux) date -s "whatever the date is" clock -w __kmb203@psu.edu_________________________Debian__1.1___Linux__2.0.0___ Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur. (Whatever is said in Latin sounds profound.)