Try:
man date
or:
info date
Just run the date command to get the current date string. Then to set the date
you need to run the date command (as root) with something similar to the
following:
date -s "Sun Feb 18 10:50:00 EST 2001"
Gary
CMC wrote:
>
> ok ok I know some of you out there are gonna blush and say what a newbie but
> hey I'm not gonna deny it =) I'm a Linux Hatchling!
>
> Ok question for you wise and knowledgeable ones- My time clock on my linux
> box says Jan 1997 and the time is wrong- How in the world do I change it?
> I've checked in the Man and cant seem to find it, or I'm looking in the
> wrong place. Also I see everyone talking about apt-get but when I tried
> doing apt-get it never seems to work . Heres what I did with the apt-get. So
> how do I use apt-get and yes I'm getting a book on Linux from O'Reily.
>
> apt-get update
> apt-get install libpcap- and I put the version here didnt work
>
> same thing for snort
>
> Couldnt find package -title of package-
>
> I tried doing it via the
> tar -xvzf libpcap with the latest version
> ./configure
> make
> make install
> install
>
> I did snort right after and well it said libpcap was not installed
>
> so would someone mind giving me a helping hand via the list or private.
>
> Thanx in advance to any who respond.
>
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