Sorry if you've read this already. Our mail server crashed at the
weekend and all the weekend mail went bye-byes, so I don't know if I got
any replies or not.
If you did reply, could you resend it please (pretty please!!)
Cheers,
Sean
Sean McGlynn (TMIAU)
email smcgly_at_acxiom.co.uk
phone +44 (0)171 378 7244 x.3118
fax +44 (0)171 378 6525
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>From: smcgly - Sean McGlynn
>Sent: 14 August 1998 21:51
>To: 'alpha-osf-managers_at_ornl.gov'
>Subject: Y2K: Setting The Date Forwards
>
>Hi Guys,
>
>Has anyone out there successfully rolled-forward the date on one of their
>boxes past the year 2000? I'm trying it on a test box running 4.0D. I
>followed the instructions that I found in
>http://www.unix.digital.com/unix/year2000/whitepaper.html which tells you to
>set the new date in single-user mode and then enter the command 'mount -u /'
>to write the new year into the superblock of the system disk. When I brought
>the machine back up to multiuser mode, all the passwords (including root's)
>had expired (which I guess isn't totally unexpected, but wasn't mentioned in
>the paper above!). As I'm using the Console, it allows me to enter
>command-line mode. Sometimes it asks me for my login and password. Sometimes
>it just logs me in automatically as root. Whichever way I use to gain access,
>I get chucked back out to the initial login screen after 10 seconds or so.
>Fortunately, that gives me time to shutdown back into single user mode and
>reset the date back to normal. The machine then reboots without problems as
>if nothing had happened. One other peculiarity is that if I enter the date
>command at the Console prompt, it shows the time as being one hour behind and
>the year as being 2046!! Has anyone had similar experiences or indeed has
>anyone managed to change the date without any problems. Replies for either
>would be welcome.
>
>PS - I hope I'm not getting a bit above my station here, but with the year
>2000 creeping steadily closer, do you think it would be a good idea if any
>questions or summaries relating to the year 2000 problem all had the keyword
>Y2K: in their subject heading. This would make it easier to search the
>archives for this category of information. When I searched earlier, I had to
>use 4 or 5 different search parameters to find as much information as I could
>(and I bet I didn't find everything!). It's just a suggestion.
>
>Have a good weekend,
> Sean
>Sean McGlynn (TMIAU)
>
>email smcgly_at_acxiom.co.uk
>phone +44 (0)171 378 7244 x.3118
>fax +44 (0)171 378 6525
>
>
Received on Mon Aug 17 1998 - 14:53:16 NZST