Hi John, To alter the localtime zone in Linux, use tzconfig. Till RedHat-7.3 the timezone was modified using 'setup' or 'timeconfig' utility. But since RedHat-8.0 and subsequent versions 'tzconfig' is used. I remember I've done this once.
Venu John Oliver wrote: > I'm having a small issue with ntp-4.2.0.a.20040617-6.el4 running under > Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 update 5. > > In the Kickstart script to configure the server, I specify: > > timezone --utc GMT/London > > After the installation is done: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ date > Tue Apr 1 17:03:23 EDT 2008 > > /etc/localtime is a real file: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ ls -l /etc/localtime > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1267 Jan 31 2007 /etc/localtime > > If I remove that file and replace it with a symlink: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ ls -l /etc/localtime > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Apr 1 21:04 /etc/localtime -> > /usr/share/zoneinfo/GMT > > The system clock displays correctly: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ date > Tue Apr 1 21:05:09 GMT 2008 > > But, now, the hwclock is always 12 hours off: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ /sbin/hwclock > Tue 01 Apr 2008 09:05:39 PM GMT -0.323329 seconds > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ sudo /sbin/hwclock --systohc > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ /sbin/hwclock > Tue 01 Apr 2008 09:05:52 PM GMT -0.776568 seconds > > > 1) Why is /etc/localtime a file by default instead of a symlink? Is > this just some silly Red Hat-ism that has to be avoided? > > 2) Why is my hardware clock 12 hours off from the system clock? > _______________________________________________ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions