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Date:      Fri, 10 Sep 2004 23:03:39 +0200
From:      "Matthias F. Brandstetter" <haimat@lame.at>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: how to update system time?
Message-ID:  <200409102303.39560.haimat@lame.at>
In-Reply-To: <20040910140917.67d1139a.wmoran@potentialtech.com>
References:  <200409101942.51769.haimat@lame.at> <200409102000.52343.haimat@lame.at> <20040910140917.67d1139a.wmoran@potentialtech.com>

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---------- quoting Bill Moran ----------
> Is your securelevel set very high?  A high securelevel will prevent
> drastic changes to the system clock (although I don't remember what is
> specifically considered "drastic")

ok, a look into "man securelevel" gave the answer: in kernel securelevel 2 
or higher time changes are restricted to <= 1 sec.

Thanks for your tip! Since I am coming from Linux I had no idea of this 
kernel securelevels ... cool thing btw. ;)

Thanks to all of you for your quick help!
Greetings, Matthias

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