PR: 1808

Add note about setting the proper system time.

git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@81314 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68

diff --git a/docs/manual/install.html b/docs/manual/install.html
index 33878db24dab2987ed25c6f19a95fd9b8606403e..077c4ef7c2175bb85afef44cf6c5d1d10e5dc4a8 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/manual/install.html
+++ b/docs/manual/install.html
@@ -159,6 +159,14 @@ In addition to these three files, the server behavior can be configured
 on a directory-by-directory basis by using <CODE>.htaccess</CODE>
 files in directories accessed by the server.
 
+<H3>Set your system time properly!</H3>
+
+Proper operation of a public web server requires accurate time
+keeping, since elements of the HTTP protocol are expressed as the time
+of day.  So, it's time to investigate setting up NTP or some other
+time synchronization system on your Unix box, or whatever the
+equivalent on NT would be.
+
 <H3>Starting and Stopping the Server</H3>
 
 To start the server, simply run <CODE>httpd</CODE>. This will look for

diff --git a/docs/manual/install.html.en b/docs/manual/install.html.en
index 33878db24dab2987ed25c6f19a95fd9b8606403e..077c4ef7c2175bb85afef44cf6c5d1d10e5dc4a8 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/manual/install.html.en
+++ b/docs/manual/install.html.en
@@ -159,6 +159,14 @@ In addition to these three files, the server behavior can be configured
 on a directory-by-directory basis by using <CODE>.htaccess</CODE>
 files in directories accessed by the server.
 
+<H3>Set your system time properly!</H3>
+
+Proper operation of a public web server requires accurate time
+keeping, since elements of the HTTP protocol are expressed as the time
+of day.  So, it's time to investigate setting up NTP or some other
+time synchronization system on your Unix box, or whatever the
+equivalent on NT would be.
+
 <H3>Starting and Stopping the Server</H3>
 
 To start the server, simply run <CODE>httpd</CODE>. This will look for