David Douthitt wrote: > > On 2/8/02 at 5:23 AM, Mike Noyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > At 2002-02-08 00:43 -0600, David Douthitt wrote: > > > > >So.... how important is setting the time/date with date? Is rdate > > >(or ntpclient) enough? > > > I think it's important to have the correct date. My ISP > > NOC wont accept abuse reports without valid time stamps in > > syslog. > > That doesn't answer my questions.... > > > I use rdate on my current floppy to set the time on boot. > > rdate connects a server on my lan, and my server connects > > to a timeserver on the Internet with xntpd. I use this > > setup for two reasons. One, I feel it's more secure than > > having the router/firewall accessing a time server on the > > Internet. Two, rdate connections are refused by most > > timeservers on the Internet. > > WIth rdate, I'd say that's the way to go.... for all the reasons you > mentioned. So - can you do without "date -s" ?
Frankly, managing nearly ten leaf/lrp systems, I do not have any problem with keeping time within one (1) second across all of them, using rdate. So, no -s is OK with me. However, since we are limited to shell scripting and my recent work on leaf has required me to compare dates and times, a working-as-advertised -d operation would simplify alot for me . . . What do you think? -- Best Regards, mds mds resource 888.250.3987 Dare to fix things before they break . . . Our capacity for understanding is inversely proportional to how much we think we know. The more I know, the more I know I don't know . . . _______________________________________________ Leaf-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
