Hmm, only one reply. Is nobody else doing Y2K testing or has everyone
already finished!?
Anyway, thanks to David McDaniel (maudib_at_baileynm.com) for his note. He
has successfully changed dates, but wasn't running C2 security. We
disabled C2 security and everything worked fine after that. It still
doesn't explain some of the weird and wonderful things that were
happening with C2 enabled, but at least we can get on with testing our
applications.
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 Wed Aug 26 1998 - 12:30:17 NZST