On Thu, Sep 13, 2001 at 08:54:55AM -0400, Bob Hilliard wrote: > I have the following command in a cron.daily script: > rdate time.mist.god > > This has worked consistently for a long time, but for the past > week or two it returns: > rdate: Could not connect socket: Connection refused > > This message returns almost instantly - too quickly, I believe, > to be a connection refused at the remote server. > > Can this be a socket on my machine that refuses a connection? > I cant say whether your theory is correct or not. It sounds plausible. However, I did have the same problem a while back. I am pretty sure it the remote server refusing. I resolved the problem by installing the nptdate package, and using my name server as a time host also.
Mike
