NAME

rdate − set system date from a remote host

SYNOPSIS

/usr/sbin/rdate hostname

DESCRIPTION

rdate sets the local date and time from the hostname given as argument.  You must be super-user on the local system.  Typically rdate can be inserted as part of your /etc/rc.local startup script. 

FILES

/etc/rc.local

SEE ALSO

timed(8C)

BUGS

Could be modified to accept a list of hostnames and try each until a valid date returned.  Better yet would be to write a real date server that accepted broadcast requests. 

7th Edition  —  Revision 1.1 of 29/06/90