Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 09:43:48 -0500 From: "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy@veldy.net> To: "Rob Simmons" <rsimmons@wlcg.com>, <freebsd-security@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: setting time without changing securelevel Message-ID: <002001c0e45f$f1eb4e50$3028680a@tgt.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0105241027220.7270-100000@mail.wlcg.com>
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You probably shouldn't run it through cron. Especially if you are running a database on your machine. You probably want to run ntpd (via xntpd_enable knob). It is not hard to setup, but the documentation [that is readable] is scarce. Tom Veldhouse veldy@veldy.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Simmons" <rsimmons@wlcg.com> To: "Michael Tang Helmeste" <glassfish@frogbox.dyndns.org> Cc: <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 9:30 AM Subject: Re: setting time without changing securelevel > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: RIPEMD160 > > 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. > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.5 (FreeBSD) > Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > > iD8DBQE7DRr5v8Bofna59hYRA6axAJsHVlrpuD/vpePeR2et6Jokl0cSqACffieb > 8IaIVGMCrBHYsIdMfzL6BVI= > =jc+8 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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