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1/* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
2/*
3 * The Rdate command will ask a time server for the RFC 868 time
4 * and optionally set the system time.
5 *
6 * by Sterling Huxley <sterling@europa.com>
7 *
8 * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this source tree.
9 */
10//config:config RDATE
11//config: bool "rdate"
12//config: default y
13//config: help
14//config: The rdate utility allows you to synchronize the date and time of your
15//config: system clock with the date and time of a remote networked system using
16//config: the RFC868 protocol, which is built into the inetd daemon on most
17//config: systems.
18
19//applet:IF_RDATE(APPLET(rdate, BB_DIR_USR_SBIN, BB_SUID_DROP))
20
21//kbuild:lib-$(CONFIG_RDATE) += rdate.o
22
23//usage:#define rdate_trivial_usage
24//usage: "[-sp] HOST"
25//usage:#define rdate_full_usage "\n\n"
26//usage: "Get and possibly set system time from a remote HOST\n"
27//usage: "\n -s Set system time (default)"
28//usage: "\n -p Print time"
29
30#include "libbb.h"
31#include <android.h>
32
33
34enum { RFC_868_BIAS = 2208988800UL };
35
36static void socket_timeout(int sig UNUSED_PARAM)
37{
38 bb_error_msg_and_die("timeout connecting to time server");
39}
40
41static time_t askremotedate(const char *host)
42{
43 uint32_t nett;
44 int fd;
45
46 /* Add a timeout for dead or inaccessible servers */
47 alarm(10);
48 signal(SIGALRM, socket_timeout);
49
50 fd = create_and_connect_stream_or_die(host, bb_lookup_port("time", "tcp", 37));
51
52 if (safe_read(fd, &nett, 4) != 4) /* read time from server */
53 bb_error_msg_and_die("%s: %s", host, "short read");
54 if (ENABLE_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP)
55 close(fd);
56
57 /* Convert from network byte order to local byte order.
58 * RFC 868 time is the number of seconds
59 * since 00:00 (midnight) 1 January 1900 GMT
60 * the RFC 868 time 2,208,988,800 corresponds to 00:00 1 Jan 1970 GMT
61 * Subtract the RFC 868 time to get Linux epoch.
62 */
63
64 return ntohl(nett) - RFC_868_BIAS;
65}
66
67int rdate_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
68int rdate_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
69{
70 time_t remote_time;
71 unsigned flags;
72
73 opt_complementary = "-1";
74 flags = getopt32(argv, "sp");
75
76 remote_time = askremotedate(argv[optind]);
77
78 if (!(flags & 2)) { /* no -p (-s may be present) */
79 time_t current_time;
80
81 time(&current_time);
82 if (current_time == remote_time)
83 bb_error_msg("current time matches remote time");
84 else
85 if (stime(&remote_time) < 0)
86 bb_perror_msg_and_die("can't set time of day");
87 }
88
89 if (flags != 1) /* not lone -s */
90 printf("%s", ctime(&remote_time));
91
92 return EXIT_SUCCESS;
93}
94