Re: 'time' protocol client/server for Debian?

1999-01-10 Thread Bob Nielsen 
On Sat, 9 Jan 1999, Chris R. Martin wrote:

> Does anyone know of a simple time protocol client/server pair for
> Debian/Linux? I am refering to RFC868, not NTP.  It would be simple enough
> to write, but if someone has already done the work...
> 
> thanks,
> Chris

rdate and netdate (both in netstd) are RFC868 clients and the RFC868 time
server is built into inetd (which is in netbase).

Bob


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Re: 'time' protocol client/server for Debian?

1999-01-09 Thread Jason Gunthorpe 

On Sat, 9 Jan 1999, Chris R. Martin wrote:

> Does anyone know of a simple time protocol client/server pair for
> Debian/Linux? I am refering to RFC868, not NTP.  It would be simple enough
> to write, but if someone has already done the work...

netdate?

NAME
   netdate - set date and time by ARPA Internet RFC 868

SYNOPSIS
   netdate [ -v ] [ -l limit ] [ protocol ] hostname...

DESCRIPTION
   Netdate  takes  a list of names of Internet hosts as argu
   ments, selects the one which supplies the best  time,  and
   sets the system time accordingly.  The invoker must be the

Jason

'time' protocol client/server for Debian?

1999-01-09 Thread Chris R. Martin 
Does anyone know of a simple time protocol client/server pair for
Debian/Linux? I am refering to RFC868, not NTP.  It would be simple enough
to write, but if someone has already done the work...

thanks,
Chris