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Date:      Thu, 24 May 2001 10:30:13 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Rob Simmons <rsimmons@wlcg.com>
To:        Michael Tang Helmeste <glassfish@frogbox.dyndns.org>
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: setting time without changing securelevel
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0105241027220.7270-100000@mail.wlcg.com>
In-Reply-To: <GLECJJEOFFBMALIKCDHIMEIFCAAA.glassfish@glassfish.net>

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If you set the time at boot by adding ntpdate_enable="YES" to /etc/rc.conf
and you set ntp to adjust the time frequently enough, it won't adjust the
clock by more than the 1 second restriction.

Robert Simmons
Systems Administrator
http://www.wlcg.com/

On Wed, 23 May 2001, Michael Tang Helmeste wrote:

> Is there any way to allow NTP to set my time without changing my
> securelevel? I run NTP through cron, but whenever it tries to change the
> clock, FreeBSD just changes it back to what it was before. I don't want to
> have to run at a lower securelevel, but only to allow changing the time. Is
> this possible? Thanks.
> 
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