> I am clueless etc, have no idea about how Ultrix does its things under > the hood, but have you tried setting the proper date when in single > mode, then reboot into normal mode? I guess some parts of the system > may refuse to work if they find out that filesystem is "newer" than > the clock.
Thanks for the suggestion - it sounds plausible. If I remember correctly, it asks for the time when you boot up, but I might not be remembering it properly so I'll give it a try soon. Aaron.