Correct server call?

[Heb_Boozad]

This sounds like a homework assignment where the issue is not the time but rather write a script to check that a correct parameter was passed. With rdate, I presume that a time correction is logged somewhere (/var/log/rdate or syslog). So after the command is run, have the script grep the log file and pull out the time server IP address. Then compare that IP address to a grep of the user's history file to compare IP addresses to see if they are the same.

Again, I'm not sure what the lesson here is, but I would be filling out my drop card.

grep time /var/log/syslog

This gives me:

Feb 14 15:42:27 Mint14-Extensa ntpdate[9186]: adjust time server 67.212.118.201 offset -0.050166 sec

This is what I'm trying to achive, yes. But I already tried to grep /var/log/syslog but there is no log of this command in syslog. Maybe in any other log file?

[tgalati4]

I gave the incorrect manual page for rdate. This should be correct: http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/...8/rdate.8.html

According to the manual page:

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/var/log/wtmp record of date resets and time changes

[Heb_Boozad]

I gave the incorrect manual page for rdate. This should be correct: http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/...8/rdate.8.html

According to the manual page:

I'm almost certain that you can't see which server was used in /var/log/wtmp. You have the change log but no server IP.

[tgalati4]

You are right. The correct answer for your homework is not to use rdate but use ntp.