System Administration Commands                          rdate(1M)



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 fol-
     lowing commands:

       svcadm enable time:stream
       svcadm enable time:dgram



USAGE
     The rdate command is IPv6-enabled. See ip6(7P).

ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:



     
           ATRIBUTE TYPE               ATRIBUTE VALUE       
    
     Availability                 SUNWrcmdc                   
    


SEE ALSO
     inetd(1M), inetd.conf(4), attributes(5), ip6(7P)














SunOS 5.11          Last change: 16 Mar 2006                    1