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Date:      Wed, 20 Nov 2002 15:10:03 -0800
From:      Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com>
To:        Brendan McAlpine <bmcalpine@macconnect.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Setting date with securelevel over 1
Message-ID:  <3DDC164B.8090006@owt.com>
References:  <248C8916-FCDA-11D6-8E86-000393012742@macconnect.com>

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Brendan McAlpine wrote:
> Hey all,
> 
> Is there an easy way to set the date using the date command when 
> securelevel is over 1?

The easiest is to turn it off in rc.conf and reboot, set the time, 
turn it back on and reboot. You are limited to deltas of 1 second in 
the secure mode. It doesn't take a big change before rebooting is much 
quicker. If you have a fulltime network, you can run ntp to keep it on 
time.

Kent

-- 
Kent Stewart
Richland, WA

http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html


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