On Wednesday 23 August 2006 02:28, John Andersen wrote:
On Tuesday 22 August 2006 06:48, Bruce Marshall wrote:
On Tuesday 22 August 2006 03:48, Henk Roos wrote:
Hi there,
I was wondering if anybody knows how I can allow users thats doesn't have root privileges to use the date command to set the time and date.
Why not set up a cron job (as root) using the NTPDATE command... about twice a day should be sufficient. Then they wouldn't have to do anything.
Why would you reply to someone telling the proper method to do this (and, by the way, a method fully supported in YAST) and suggest a hack that no one will remember and which takes more effort to set up anyway?
Well gee.... now we have people nitpicking the solutions others try to provide. 1) I use this method myself and it works very well. 2) It uses very little system resources as opposed to NTP 3) Based on the traffic on this very list of the problems people have with setting up NTP, it is a much simpler solution. People - - - be aware that from now on you will need to submit justification for any solutions or help you try to provide. Full HOW-TO's of the absolute *best* way to accomplish any task (even tho there may be 10 best ways to do it) will be required. Geesh..... Another reason why I may ditch this list. It has lost its effectiveness.