Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 09:16:32 -0600 From: "illoai@gmail.com" <illoai@gmail.com> To: "RYAN M. vAN GINNEKEN" <luck@computerking.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: original install date birth date Message-ID: <d7195cff0701280716x6ef251fahb71fe0ae39490bcc@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <638644.2921169970382255.JavaMail.root@shoemasters.com> References: <638644.2921169970382255.JavaMail.root@shoemasters.com>
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On 28/01/07, RYAN M. vAN GINNEKEN <luck@computerking.ca> verquaecan: > > i have been running a bsd system since version 4 > something it has been up now for 372 days. I have > done make world on it several times and am woun- > dering how to find out the exact day i booted it and > installed the os. > sysinstall usually puts some lines like: # -- sysinstall generated deltas -- # Fri Feb 10 17:39:11 2006 # Created: Fri Feb 10 17:39:11 2006 in /etc/rc.conf. Another file that rarely gets touched is /etc/resolv.conf, so the date on that one may be useful. Also, the creation dates on your ssh keyfiles, files of the form: /etc/ssh/ssh_host* could date to the building of the system. dr-xr-xr-x 6 root wheel 512 Dec 31 1969 dev -- --
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