1 /* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
3 * The Rdate command will ask a time server for the RFC 868 time
4 * and optionally set the system time.
6 * by Sterling Huxley <sterling@europa.com>
8 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
9 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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13 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
14 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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25 #define BB_DECLARE_EXTERN
28 #include <sys/types.h>
29 #include <sys/socket.h>
30 #include <netinet/in.h>
36 #define RFC_868_BIAS 2208988800UL
41 time_t askremotedate(char *host)
44 struct sockaddr_in sin;
45 struct servent *tserv;
46 unsigned long int nett, localt;
49 if (!(h = gethostbyname(host))) { /* get the IP addr */
50 errorMsg("%s: %s\n", host, strerror(errno));
53 if ((tserv = getservbyname("time", "tcp")) == NULL) { /* find port # */
54 errorMsg("%s: %s\n", "time", strerror(errno));
57 if ((fd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0) { /* get net connection */
58 errorMsg("%s: %s\n", "socket", strerror(errno));
62 memcpy(&sin.sin_addr, h->h_addr, sizeof(sin.sin_addr));
63 sin.sin_port= tserv->s_port;
64 sin.sin_family = AF_INET;
66 if (connect(fd, (struct sockaddr *)&sin, sizeof(sin)) < 0) { /* connect to time server */
67 errorMsg("%s: %s\n", host, strerror(errno));
71 if (read(fd, (void *)&nett, 4) != 4) { /* read time from server */
73 errorMsg("%s did not send the complete time\n", host);
77 /* convert from network byte order to local byte order.
78 * RFC 868 time is the number of seconds
79 * since 00:00 (midnight) 1 January 1900 GMT
80 * the RFC 868 time 2,208,988,800 corresponds to 00:00 1 Jan 1970 GMT
81 * Subtract the RFC 868 time to get Linux epoch
83 localt= ntohl(nett) - RFC_868_BIAS;
88 int rdate_main(int argc, char **argv)
93 /* Interpret command line args */
94 /* do special-case option parsing */
95 if (argv[1] && (strcmp(argv[1], "--help") == 0))
98 /* do normal option parsing */
99 while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "Hsp")) > 0) {
114 /* the default action is to set the date */
115 if (printdate==0 && setdate==0) setdate++;
117 if (optind == argc) {
121 if ((time= askremotedate(argv[optind])) == (time_t)-1) {
125 if (stime(&time) < 0)
126 fatalError("Could not set time of day: %s\n", strerror(errno));
129 fprintf(stdout, "%s", ctime(&time));