Hi Susie!
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> hi again,
> this might be a silly question, but i'm wondering what's the best
> way to fix the clock on my computer. linux is set to GMT+TZ
> but the bios clock is already set to the correct timezone,
> so when i reboot linux i end up with the clock set at
> GMT+2*TZ. should the bios clock be set to GMT or should linux
> leave the clock alone ? i suppose if the bios was at GMT
> linux could take care of daylight saving...
>
Yes.
If nothing else than Linux is running on the computer (ie. no dual-boot
stuff), you should set your CMOS clock to GMT and set the timezone in
Linux according to the - well - timezone you're in. See distro's docs to
find out how to do this. Then you have to tell /sbin/hwclock and/or
/sbin/clock to assume GMT in the CMOS clock (TZ is not stored in the
CMOS clock :-(
This is done with -u (/sbin/clock) or --utc (/sbin/hwclock) for
'universal time ...'. Check the configuration program of your distro or
edit the init scripts yourself.
> another quasi-trivial issue is the hostname on RH6.0
> when i first installed, it didnt ask me about the hostname,
> and i've since had a few problems with various programs.
> i'm used to sunos/solaris where a simple fix to the /etc/hosts
> file solves the problem, but i've been told that this file
> is not so important on linux (?) anyway, suppose my computer
> is called "valdez" when it's on a LAN (at work), i simply
> set this name in /etc/hosts and all is well.
> however, the apache webserver on 'valdez' it only recognises
> to http://localhost/
You have to tell sendmail, apache, etc the hostname, too:
apache in /etc/{httpd,apache}/*.conf
sendmail - oops that's hard, but I think one line should read
Cw localhost valdez valdez.work.domain
> i notice that $HOST is undefined and $HOSTNAME is the FQDN
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> can anyone tell me how the host files should correctly
> be set up ?
>
> my current /etc/host file contains:
>
> 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain
> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx [EMAIL PROTECTED] valdez
>
That's the fault: 2nd line should read
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx valdez.work.domain.name valdez.
Marc
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University of Bielefeld, Dep. of Mathematics / Dep. of Physics
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