Package /etc/timezone as a symlink to /run/timezone, and write to that instead?
Ross On Tue, 4 Jan 2022 at 17:35, Arik Kleiman <[email protected]> wrote: > > can't write it to /etc/localtime ... it's a read only system. > > > There is an environment variable named TZ, when ever it is changed, local > time is changed as well. > > Is there a way (by script or cron job) to set the way system will update as > well? > > 10x, > Arik > > On Tue, Jan 4, 2022 at 5:46 PM Ross Burton <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Tue, 4 Jan 2022 at 14:58, Arik Kleiman <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > I don't have option to add systemd. >> > >> > Added alrady tzdata and all time zone folders exist. >> > The issue is that ntpdate returns time in UTC. >> > >> > I found a way to get local time zone (by using ip lookup). Now i looking >> > for a way to use it to update system time >> >> Just write a small tool to map the local timezone from the IP lookup >> to a timezone name (such as Europe/London) and write it to >> /etc/timezone. You could do that with a short ifup script. >> >> That said, for headless appliances working in UTC is absolutely fine, >> and for user-facing devices it's perfectly acceptable to ask the user >> what the timezone is, as your geo-IP lookup might be incorrect anyway. >> >> Ross
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