... discusses Configuring the System at the Command Line key commands for showing, setting, and maintaining the date and time on a Red Hat system, specifically: ■ ■ hwclock — Displays and sets the hardware ... is 705 706 Chapter 28 logged in and what they are doing Managing file systems is also important, and this chapter discussed commands for creating and checking file systems and managing disk space ... Commands The hwclock, date, and rdate commands are single-use commands for setting the system date and time That is, hwclock, date, and rdate have no inherent ability to keep a system s clock synced...