RDATE(8) Maintenance Commands and Procedures RDATE(8)
rdate - set system date from a remote host
rdate hostname
rdate sets the local date and time from the hostname given as an
argument. You must have the authorization solaris.system.date on the
local system. Typically, rdate is used in a startup script.
rdate requests are responded to by the "time" service on the
specified host. To enable the "time" service, use the following
commands:
svcadm enable time:stream
svcadm enable time:dgram
The rdate command is IPv6-enabled. See ip6(4P).
ip6(4P), inetd.conf(5), attributes(7), inetd(8)
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NAME
rdate - set system date from a remote host
SYNOPSIS
rdate hostname
DESCRIPTION
rdate sets the local date and time from the hostname given as an
argument. You must have the authorization solaris.system.date on the
local system. Typically, rdate is used in a startup script.
rdate requests are responded to by the "time" service on the
specified host. To enable the "time" service, use the following
commands:
svcadm enable time:stream
svcadm enable time:dgram
USAGE
The rdate command is IPv6-enabled. See ip6(4P).
SEE ALSO
ip6(4P), inetd.conf(5), attributes(7), inetd(8)
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