RE: Changing the Time Zone

2008-09-25 Thread Bryan O'Neal
, September 18, 2008 7:54 PM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: Changing the Time Zone The /etc/localtime file is the file that defines the timezone. This file can be a copy of the file from /usr/share/zoneinfo (which in your case it probably is) or a symlink. To change the timezone all you need

RE: ****Changing the Time Zone

2008-09-25 Thread Bryan O'Neal
ECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason Spatafore Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 5:23 PM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: Changing the Time Zone Isn't there a Timezone setting in the bash profile that can customize the timezone for each user? Take a look into $TI

Re: Changing the Time Zone

2008-09-18 Thread Brant Evans
The /etc/localtime file is the file that defines the timezone. This file can be a copy of the file from /usr/share/zoneinfo (which in your case it probably is) or a symlink. To change the timezone all you need to do is copy the correct file from /usr/share/zoneinfo to /etc/localtime or make /etc/lo

Re: ****Changing the Time Zone

2008-09-17 Thread mike havens
huh. I just made an intelligent contribution to the list? Amazing! On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 10:33 PM, mike havens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > there sure. is the command is 'sudo tzconfig' > > On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 8:23 PM, Jason Spatafore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Isn't there a Timezone

Re: ****Changing the Time Zone

2008-09-17 Thread mike havens
there sure. is the command is 'sudo tzconfig' On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 8:23 PM, Jason Spatafore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Isn't there a Timezone setting in the bash profile that can customize the > timezone for each user? > > Take a look into $TIME_ZONE or $TZ or somethingyes, system wide, b

Re: ****Changing the Time Zone

2008-09-17 Thread Jason Spatafore
Isn't there a Timezone setting in the bash profile that can customize the timezone for each user? Take a look into $TIME_ZONE or $TZ or somethingyes, system wide, but I believe can be set for each user. --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-d

Re: ****Changing the Time Zone

2008-09-17 Thread Dale Farnsworth
> Really? So why when I am logged in as user1 and I run date -u and > request the time I get UTC, but when I then su - and ask for the time I > get MST and if I date -u as root and login as user2 I still get MST and > on reboot everything is back as MST? I can literally use date to set a > differ

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2008-09-17 Thread Bryan O'Neal
8 10:06 PM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: ****RE: ****RE: ****Changing the Time Zone On Tuesday 16 September 2008 21:56:27 Bryan O'Neal wrote: > Yes I do :) > But how?  The system does not have any of the wounderfull system-confg > tools /etc/local time is not a copy or lin

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2008-09-16 Thread Bryan O'Neal
Subject: Re: RE: RE: RE: Changing the Time Zone I *think* RH systems use Etc/GMT for the timezone are you sure that it would be a mess to install? how many packages does 'yum install system-config-date' try to install? Craig On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 21:56 -0700, Bryan O&

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2008-09-16 Thread Nathan
On Tuesday 16 September 2008 21:56:27 Bryan O'Neal wrote: > Yes I do :) > But how?  The system does not have any of the wounderfull system-confg > tools /etc/local time is not a copy or link to any of the files in > /usr/share/zoneinformation and date -u does not work globally, etc, etc, > etc, m

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2008-09-16 Thread Craig White
OTECTED] On Behalf Of > Craig White > Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 9:50 PM > To: Main PLUG discussion list > Subject: Re: RE: RE: Changing the Time Zone > > sounds as if you want to set the time zone to GMT > > Craig > > On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 21:46 -070

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2008-09-16 Thread Bryan O'Neal
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Craig White Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 9:50 PM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: RE: RE: Changing the Time Zone sounds as if you want to set the time zone to GMT Craig On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 21:46 -0700, Bryan O'Neal wrote: > The hardware

RE: ****Changing the Time Zone

2008-09-16 Thread Bryan O'Neal
: Changing the Time Zone > The date command only changes the time for the user, I was hoping for a > global alteration. ?? The date command sets the system time. No per-user time is maintained in Unix/Linux. -Dale --- PLUG-discuss mailing list

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2008-09-16 Thread Craig White
ce between the hardware clock and the system clock > and they both are UTC. > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Craig White > Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 8:49 PM > To: Main PLUG discussion list > Subjec

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2008-09-16 Thread Bryan O'Neal
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Craig White Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 8:49 PM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: RE: Changing the Time Zone On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 20:41 -0700, Bryan O'Neal wrote: > The date command only changes the time for the user, I was hoping for a

Re: ****Changing the Time Zone

2008-09-16 Thread Dale Farnsworth
> The date command only changes the time for the user, I was hoping for a > global alteration. ?? The date command sets the system time. No per-user time is maintained in Unix/Linux. -Dale --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.pho

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2008-09-16 Thread Craig White
: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 8:19 PM > To: Main PLUG discussion list > Subject: RE: Changing the Time Zone > > On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 19:55 -0700, Bryan O'Neal wrote: > > The hardware clock is already set to UTC. I realize that I could set > it > > forwa

RE: ****Changing the Time Zone

2008-09-16 Thread Bryan O'Neal
The date command only changes the time for the user, I was hoping for a global alteration. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Craig White Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 8:19 PM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: RE: Changing the

RE: ****Changing the Time Zone

2008-09-16 Thread Craig White
On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 19:45 -0700, Bryan O'Neal wrote: > Since I don't even have that config file I have not pursued solutions > that require it ;) > in that case... > > # cat /etc/sysconfig/clock > # The ZONE parameter is only evaluated by system-config-date. > # The timezone of the system is

RE: ****Changing the Time Zone

2008-09-16 Thread Craig White
On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 19:55 -0700, Bryan O'Neal wrote: > The hardware clock is already set to UTC. I realize that I could set it > forward 7 hours and have my timezone set it back seven but that is > nasty. Unless you can use this somehow with hctosys to not only set the > time but also change th

RE: ****Changing the Time Zone

2008-09-16 Thread Bryan O'Neal
, and that looks promising. I will let you know. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Shubert Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 6:59 PM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: Changing the Time Zone Craig White wrote: > Hi, >

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2008-09-16 Thread Bryan O'Neal
TECTED] On Behalf Of > Craig White > Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 6:41 PM > To: Main PLUG discussion list > Subject: Re: Changing the Time Zone > > On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 18:31 -0700, Bryan O'Neal wrote: > > I have an FC/Redhat/CentOS box and I would like to chang

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2008-09-16 Thread Eric Shubert
L PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >> Craig White >> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 6:41 PM >> To: Main PLUG discussion list >> Subject: Re: Changing the Time Zone >> >> On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 18:31 -0700, Bryan O'Neal wr

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2008-09-16 Thread Craig White
Behalf Of > Craig White > Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 6:41 PM > To: Main PLUG discussion list > Subject: Re: Changing the Time Zone > > On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 18:31 -0700, Bryan O'Neal wrote: > > I have an FC/Redhat/CentOS box and I would like to change my time zone

RE: ****Changing the Time Zone

2008-09-16 Thread Bryan O'Neal
: Re: Changing the Time Zone On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 18:31 -0700, Bryan O'Neal wrote: > I have an FC/Redhat/CentOS box and I would like to change my time zone > for the entire system and all users to UTC; date -u seems to only > changes the individual users zone. And, since I don&#

Re: ****Changing the Time Zone

2008-09-16 Thread Craig White
On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 18:31 -0700, Bryan O'Neal wrote: > I have an FC/Redhat/CentOS box and I would like to change my time zone > for the entire system and all users to UTC; date –u seems to only > changes the individual users zone. And, since I don’t have a GUI on > my box I can not use system-co