rdate(1M) System Administration Commands rdate(1M)NAMErdate - set system date from a remote host
SYNOPSISrdate hostname
DESCRIPTIONrdate sets the local date and time from the hostname given as an argu‐
ment. 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 following commands:
svcadm enable time:stream
svcadm enable time:dgram
USAGE
The rdate command is IPv6-enabled. See ip6(7P).
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Availability │SUNWrcmdc │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOinetd(1M), inetd.conf(4), attributes(5), ip6(7P)SunOS 5.10 16 Mar 2006 rdate(1M)