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well from the terminal $ date 010101011970 date: bind: Permission denied date: settimeofday (timeval): Operation not permitted [15:45:41][dazza@ima
by dazzawazza 14y ago
well from the terminal
$ date 010101011970
date: bind: Permission denied
date: settimeofday (timeval): Operation not permitted
[15:45:41][dazza@imac.internal:~]
From System Preferences you can indeed set the date back to 1970:
$ date
Fri 2 Jan 1970 00:56:44 BST
[00:56:44][dazza@imac.internal:~]
but there is a little lock that you might need to unlock (with a user password).
This does seem like a security issue on OSX.
- adestefan 14y agoThat little lock icon is the same as running sudo from the command line. If the user is listed as an Administrator, then they're also able to sudo.
- pschastain 14y agoChanging back 01/01/1970 via Date & Time preferences doesn't need authentication, but the exploit still didn't work, at least for me.
- acdha 14y ago> Changing back 01/01/1970 via Date & Time preferences doesn't need authentication This is not true but it can be confusing if you've authenticated at all recently due to a grace period like sudo's.
- nwh 14y agoI've never unlocked that panel, and I've rebooted recently, and still didn't need authentication. Are you sure that's as right?