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? -- * John Oliver http://www.john-oliver.net/ * -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
