From 89c54b3a16922d006417abd2bed5cccc89ae9c4b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fredrik Wahlberg Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 15:28:43 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added notes that local system time must match server time. --- README | 6 ++++++ dnsupdate.1 | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/README b/README index e12d093..0738d2a 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +Important!! +Please make sure that your local machines clock matches the time on the +server. If the times do not match the server will not be able to verify +the TSIG key which is used to encrypt the transactions and all updates +will fail. + To install dnsupdate: cd install diff --git a/dnsupdate.1 b/dnsupdate.1 index 47d699f..6bb5b58 100644 --- a/dnsupdate.1 +++ b/dnsupdate.1 @@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ Dnsupdate is a utility to let a host with a dynamic IP address securely update i .SS "Requirements" Dnsupdate is written in Python and requires Python > 2.0 to be installed. +The client systems time must match the servers time in order for the TSIG keys to work. + It also uses the dnspython toolkit which can be found at \fIhttp://www.dnspython.com/\fP. If a Python version before 2.3 is used the Optik toolkit is required. It provides parsing of command line paramters and can be found at \fihttp://optik.sourceforge.net/\fP.