Ian Drake, IT, SE Dunbartonshire wrote:
> not on my system :-
> [anadin@wzc /]$ ntpdate ntp.pipex.net
> bash: ntpdate: command not found
> [anadin@wzc /]$ su
> Password:
> [root@wzc /]# ntpdate ntp.pipex.net
> 18 Apr 14:05:01 ntpdate[14242]: adjust time server 158.43.128.33 offset
> 0.173333 sec
> [root@wzc /]#
>
> and here's why. As there is no point to a user running ntpdate, this and
> other non-user programs live in /usr/sbin and not in the path of a normal
> user, they are however in the path of root.
>
> Doesn't everyone run there system this way?
I use a script called set_time with the line
su1 /usr/local/bin/ntpdate ntp.demon.co.uk ntp1.demon.co.uk ntp2.demon.co.uk
and at the end of my /etc/su1.priv I add
allow todd prefix /usr/local/bin/ntpdate
under the section
ask never
>
I've always found su1 easier to configure than sudo.
cheers
Lawrence
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