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From: bhoward@funvax.UUCP (Bruce Howard)
Newsgroups: net.bugs.4bsd
Subject: Re: Ultrix loses time on reboot (with fix)
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Date: Thu, 14-Aug-86 00:29:20 EDT
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I noticed the same problem with our Ultrix systems.  I found
a reasonable solution by invoking the /etc/rdate program in
our /etc/rc.local file.  Place:

if [ -f /etc/rdate ]; then
	/etc/rdate -sv	>/dev/console

into /etc/rc.local.  When run with these options, rdate sends
a broadcast message across the ethernetwork, requesting each
host to send back the local time.  It then waits about 2 seconds,
taking the average of any replies, and sets the local time to
the average plus 2 seconds.  You actually do not need the -v
option -- that merely has rdate print each of the times it
received from the other hosts.

I may have muffed up the details, but this is essentially
what it does.  Look in the Ultrix documentation for further
trivia.

				Cheers!
				Bruce


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