On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 3:50 PM, Donald A. Tevault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Message: 2 > > Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:08:40 -0200 > > From: "Cleber Paiva de Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [lpi-examdev] Topic 107.3--Localization and > >> > >> > >> tzconfig > >> Debian uses this utility, but Red Hat uses "system-config-date" > >> > > > > system-config-date is the RedHat way, but you could use tzselect that is > > available in both. > > > > But, "tzselect" only sends time zone information to standard output. It > doesn't modify any configuration files. Sorry for my mistake. I think that Bryan post explains the exact point. > > > > > > >> > >> You might also want to add the files that determine whether the system > >> clock is set to UTC. On Debian/Ubuntu systems, that's in the > >> "/etc/default/rcS" file. On Red Hat, it's in the "/etc/sysconfig/clock" > >> file. > >> > > > > Yes, debian and redhat use different files to set the same thing, but > these > > are for system wide settings that are/could be different even for other > > linux flavors (Gentoo uses /etc/conf.d/clock), > > Very true. But, since the exam is mainly focused on Red Hat and Debian, > these are the only two distros that I mentioned. > > Still, you bring up a good point. That is, would there be enough market > demand to create a separate exam for other distros, like say, Gentoo or > Slackware? I don't think so. IMHO LPI exam should be general and not distribution oriented. If there are subjects or questions that are specific to some distribution, like RedHat or Debian, but not for others these should be revised. I think that LPI covers Linux and not Redhat/Debian/Gentoo/Slackware/etc. > > > > but in all of them you could > > use the TZ variable to set the timezone for you, in an user wide way. > > > > Also true, and that also might be worth adding to the exam objectives. > > > _______________________________________________ > lpi-examdev mailing list > lpi-examdev@lpi.org > http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examdev > -- Cleber Paiva de Souza
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