On Tue, 12 Feb 2002, Sinner from the Prairy wrote: > >From: "Robert A. Henderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Ok, this is stupid but it's driving me crazy. I need to change the date > >and time on a Mandrake 8.0 box. I know it's "date -s blah" but I'm having > >trouble with the "blah" part. > > This one is easy. > > Start KDE. Right click on the clock at your bottom-right corner. Select the > option "Adjust time". > Enter root password when prompted. Change the time. Click on 'Apply', 'OK'. > > Is it that difficult? Think: Mandrake is easy. > > If you want to do it through command line: > > man date >
You are assuming the box in question has a video head on it. Or that X is installed. No GUI, no KDE. :-) man date doesn't really give a good example of the format. Something like "date -s Jan-19-2001:12:12:12" would be good. I had to fall back on my guessing and what works on the Ciscos. Close enough.
