GOTIME(8) - System Manager's Manual

NAME

gotime - simple Daytime Protocol daemon written in go

SYNOPSIS

gotime [-d]

DESCRIPTION

gotime is a privilege-dropping server that implements the Daytime Protocol as specified in RFC 867. It responds to TCP connections on port 13, returns a human-readable date string to the client, then closes the connection. Time portion of the date string is reported in UTC.

The options are as follows:

-d

Debug mode. gotime will run in the foreground and output debug messages to stdout. root privileges are not required for startup and the server will listen on localhost port 13013.

BUILD AND INSTALL

To build gotime:

$ make

To clean things up:

$ make clean

To install, first create the necessary user account, then install the program and the rc.d(8) script:

# make user
# make install

To hook gotime into the rc(8) system, simply add gotime to the pkg_scripts variable in rc.conf(8):

pkg_scripts=gotime

EXAMPLES

Request current date and time from a local gotime instance running in debug mode:

$ nc localhost 13013

Make a request to a remote server running gotime:

$ nc puffy.example.com 13

SEE ALSO

rc(8), rc.conf(8), rc.d(8),

daytimed(8)

AUTHORS

Scott Bennett

CAVEATS

gotime has only been built and tested on OpenBSD 6.8 and newer, because it relies on pledge(2) and the rc(8) system.

gotime only listens on IPv4 addresses.

OpenBSD 6.8 - June 24, 2021