Exercise 44: Wait and Waste, LLC

The time on a server is set by the /etc/init.d/boot.clock file during boot. Once you have the time properly set on any server, the ntpdate utility can be used to set the time on any other server to that of this one.

NOTE

Configuring the ntp.conf file and starting the ntpd daemon can keep time set properly so that you don't have to manually run ntpdate every time the server's time gets too far off.

When checking security policies, one of the first things to do is start YaST as root; then choose Security and Users, Security Settings. This will open a dialog similar to that shown in Figure 4.46.

Figure 4.46. System security settings.

You can choose any of the preset values, or click Next with Custom and configure password settings, boot settings, login settings, user and group settings, and a few miscellaneous settings.