[lug] Why can't I set my date

[Michael Hirsch]

On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 3:20 PM, Davide Del Vento
<davide.del.vento at gmail.com> wrote:
> Not a big help, but may provide clues. Try running
>
> sudo date -s '+next month'; date; date; date; date

:-( but a clever idea

[496] ~>sudo date -s '+next month'; date; date; date; date
Sun Jun 14 15:28:28 MDT 2015
Thu May 14 15:28:29 MDT 2015
Thu May 14 15:28:29 MDT 2015
Thu May 14 15:28:29 MDT 2015
Thu May 14 15:28:29 MDT 2015
[496] ~>

> Which would run date as regular user faster than you can type, and see if
> the new date stays there at least for a fraction of a second and then gets
> rolled back.
>
> For NTP, wouldn't help to putting the machine offline, so even if there's a
> service running with a different name cannot be updated?

I suppose I could try that.  I'm trying to use my desktop to serve
some files to another machine, so it isn't a long term solution, but
maybe as a test...

> Another thing, try setting the clock in the BIOS (unless you need to do it
> too many times...)

Oh boy.  Rebooting.  Might be worth a shot, though.

Thanks

Michael
>
> On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 1:48 PM, Michael Hirsch <mdhirsch at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 1:38 PM, Stephen Queen <svqueen at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > That is the behavior when you don't have root permission. Are you sure
>> > sudo
>> > is set up correctly?
>>
>> Good question.  I think I'm working:
>> [497] ~>date -s '+next month'
>> date: cannot set date: Operation not permitted
>> Sun Jun 14 13:47:13 MDT 2015
>> [498] ~>sudo date -s '+next month'
>> Sun Jun 14 13:47:16 MDT 2015
>> [499] ~>date
>> Thu May 14 13:47:17 MDT 2015
>> [500] ~>
>>
>> So date at least thinks that it is allowed to do this.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Michael
>>
>> >
>> > On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 1:20 PM, Michael Hirsch <mdhirsch at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 1:09 PM, Stephen Queen <svqueen at gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> > Try
>> >> > sudo date -s '+next month'
>> >>
>> >> Thanks for the suggestion, but:
>> >>
>> >> [606] ~>sudo date -s '+next month'
>> >> [sudo] password for mhirsch:
>> >> Sun Jun 14 13:19:35 MDT 2015
>> >> [607] ~>date
>> >> Thu May 14 13:19:36 MDT 2015
>> >> [608] ~>
>> >>
>> >> --Michael
>> >>
>> >> > On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 1:01 PM, Michael Hirsch <mdhirsch at gmail.com>
>> >> > wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I'm testing some calendar sensitive stuff, so I'm trying set my
>> >> >> Ubuntu
>> >> >> desktop to be in the future.  Though I've set my clock hundreds of
>> >> >> times in the past, it isn't working any more.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I've tried the commandline:
>> >> >> sudo date -s  "01 Sep 2015 12:53:00"
>> >> >> sudo date -s 'next month'
>> >> >> and a few dozen variations on this.  Date prints out the date I
>> >> >> requestion, but the clock is actually unchanged:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> 595] $>sudo date -s 'next month'
>> >> >> Sun Jun 14 12:58:35 MDT 2015
>> >> >> [596] $>date
>> >> >> Thu May 14 12:58:38 MDT 2015
>> >> >> [597] $>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I've also tried to use systemsettings (the KDE admin GUI) and it
>> >> >> behaves similarly.  I set the date and press "Apply".  The gui seems
>> >> >> to have a different date, but it refreshes in a few seconds with my
>> >> >> original date and time.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> WTF?  This used to be easy.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Oh, I was running ntpd but I turned it off.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Any ideas?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Cluelessly yours,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Michael
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