Hwclock is a program that runs under Linux and sets and queries the
Hardware Clock, which is often called the Real Time Clock, RTC, or
CMOS clock.
-
-Sometimes, you need to install hwclock setuid root. If you want users
-other than the superuser to be able to display the clock value using the
-direct ISA I/O method, install it setuid root. If you have the /dev/rtc
-interface on your system or are on a non-ISA system, there's probably
-no need for users to use the direct ISA I/O method, so don't bother.
-
-To install setuid root, do something like this:
-
- chmod a=rx,u=s /sbin/hwclock
-
-In any case, hwclock will not allow you to set anything unless you have
-the superuser _real_ uid. (This is restriction is not necessary if you
-haven't installed setuid root, but it's there for now).
(See also
.BR settimeofday (2).)
+.SH Users access and setuid
+.PP
+Sometimes, you need to install
+.B hwclock
+setuid root. If you want users other than the superuser to be able to
+display the clock value using the direct ISA I/O method, install it setuid
+root. If you have the /dev/rtc interface on your system or are on a non-ISA
+system, there's probably no need for users to use the direct ISA I/O method,
+so don't bother.
+
+In any case, hwclock will not allow you to set anything unless you have the
+superuser real uid. (This is restriction is not necessary if you haven't
+installed setuid root, but it's there for now).
+
.SH How hwclock Accesses the Hardware Clock
.PP
.B hwclock