Natarj,

--- On Wed, 7/7/10, Nataraj <[email protected]> wrote:

> From: Nataraj <[email protected]>
> Subject: [CentOS] how to properly change the timezone
> To: "CentOS mailing list" <[email protected]>
> Date: Wednesday, July 7, 2010, 5:58 PM
> Hi,
> 
> I have a Centos 5.5 server with no GUI
> installed.   I have several times 
> changed the timezone by copying the correct file to
> /etc/localtime, 
> however something keeps changing it back.  I'm not
> sure if this is a yum 
> update or what.  Without installing the graphical
> tools, how can I 
> update the timezone in such a way that the /etc/localtime
> file won't 
> keep getting clobbered.

At the time you did the copy, there likely was an existing symlink from 
/etc/localtime to another timezone. Then your copy was relegated back to the 
symlink on reboot? Something like that.

Before you do a copy like that, check for a symlink and delete it first.

-- 
Mark


      
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