Benjamin Sher wrote:
>
> Dear friendsL:
>
> I decided last night after reinstalling Linux to also reinstall Windows
> and see what effect that has on our ADSL hub setup (in case this is a
> flash
> in the pan sort of thing). So I reinstalled all of Windows (what a pain!
> I only installed about 20-25 programs, but I swear I must have rebooted
> at least 30-40 times -- the Soyo motherboard itself required five
> reboots, one after each driver). Everything went smoothly. And
> WinPPPoet, the pppoe utility used by Earthlink, went off without a hitch
> and right away (right after I configured it the way Earthlink explained
> to me. Even though at this point there were TWO NIC cards in my
> dual-boot Tiger computer, Windows, Networking, TCP/IP recognized only
> ONE (both for adaptor and TCP-IP -- presumably the eth0). I typed in the
> magic numbers (after first, of course, adding the necessary files from
> Win98 and it's been working flawlessly ever since.
>
> One little problem arose during the process: Apparently, I got my time
> in Windows off by 24 years in the future (2025). Jean-Marc of IglooFTP
> caught this error. I corrected the time in Windows and in Linux.
>
> However, in Linuxconf, I keep getting an error message:
>
> The following file had or still has a wrong (probably future) date to
> it. It includes such files:
>
> /etc/crontab
> /etc/webmin/miniserv.conf
> /etc/X11/fs/config
>
> and a few others.
>
> I tried to figure out how to correct them and clicked on Do IT to bring
> the system back in harmony. I fist went into Linuxconf Miscellaneous
> services (or is it Control). The time/date was correct but I accepted it
> and "did it." I figured this would solve the problem, rebooted, but the
> errors persist. I also looked at the files. I see nothing in them that
> has a date, wrong or otherwise. I would like to correct these errors. I
> hope this is a piece of cake. I am too exhausted from the double
> installation of Linux and Windows to think clearly or want to even look
> at it. Is this, may I ask, a simple configuration problem. Can you
> suggest how I can solve this.
>
> Otherwise, the installation and ADSL are working perfectly in both
> Windows and Linux. Looking forward to finishing this ordeal soon as soon
> as I (and you) get some sleep and rest.
>
> Thanks as always.
>
> Benjamin
>
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> Benjamin and Anna Sher
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Are you familiar with the "touch" command?
Touch, simply updates the date and time of the files that I "touch". The
command is simply implemented this way:
touch /boot/straps
since you have to change the dates on a "privileged" account, become
"root" and do the following:
su root
touch /etc/crontab
or
su -c "touch /etc/crontab"
I hope that helps.
and on and on.
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