From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 13 23:07:49 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E2AE10656AC for ; Thu, 13 Jan 2011 23:07:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sterling@camdensoftware.com) Received: from wh2.interactivevillages.com (wh2.interactivevillages.com [75.125.250.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 460688FC2C for ; Thu, 13 Jan 2011 23:07:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from c-24-22-230-24.hsd1.wa.comcast.net ([24.22.230.24] helo=_HOSTNAME_) by wh2.interactivevillages.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PdWGd-0001sm-PJ for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 13 Jan 2011 15:07:44 -0800 Received: by _HOSTNAME_ (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Thu, 13 Jan 2011 15:07:44 -0800 Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 15:07:44 -0800 From: Chip Camden To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20110113230744.GI3646@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4D2F606D.6090407@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="cVp8NMj01v+Em8Se" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Company: Camden Software Consulting URL: http://camdensoftware.com X-PGP-Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=0xD6DBAF91 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - wh2.interactivevillages.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - camdensoftware.com Subject: Re: Date of a FreeBSD installation X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 23:07:49 -0000 --cVp8NMj01v+Em8Se Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Quoth Ivan Voras on Friday, 14 January 2011: > On 13/01/2011 21:28, David Demelier wrote: > >Hello folks, > > > >I'm just guessing if there is a way to know a FreeBSD installation date. > >We can't look after the uname -a ident since an update of the FreeBSD > >kernel is possible. >=20 > If you haven't removed it, a line in /etc/rc.conf should be written by=20 > sysinstall at system install time: >=20 > # -- sysinstall generated deltas -- # Sun Sep 14 16:13:22 2008 >=20 > On a newer system (7+?), the timestamp of /etc/hostid would be from the= =20 > first boot. >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" /etc/hostid has the right date for me. --=20 Sterling (Chip) Camden | sterling@camdensoftware.com | 2048D/3A978E4F http://camdensoftware.com | http://chipsquips.com | http://chipstips.= com --cVp8NMj01v+Em8Se Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJNL4XAAAoJEIpckszW26+RE4cH/3CWRXMIfMC0sczQPnhofJ1K Ea9kaCP6SZmaKeZxEXqurhKwzc1DmJ1jy4TNhxqpj51cw1XnDAiuI7wIrqOuC7Xh +iGU5GhltAepHtcSPFaoTKYxkGLhJWdT2BufKZL3wZ02GITABJjZpwokgCqsSw32 ROlm37u2wPSBHxPDfAPbQ96wNlyNSFj/DIx3aDsQijCOlVXruTjhs+EcC0PyL4er 4PklrI0iKIdi5+HjBfxWG0EZ50ILTQjibF+kWfMPK4NBPqgGvMRwZDDwAsabQACB cVaU9wQSTvV1KtwNqmQJkZnYnGBOixtC9m46Kauez79aQAvFOGGBqQnpV/vE9yg= =0dBO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --cVp8NMj01v+Em8Se--