DST tip: make sure /etc/localtime is also right

[T. Warfield]

aluminumsulfate at earthlink.net wrote:
>> From: Jarod Wilson <jarod at wilsonet.com>
>> Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 21:35:16 -0400
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>> On Mar 12, 2007, at 16:51, Ben Scott wrote:
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>>> On 3/12/07, Bill McGonigle <bill at bfccomputing.com> wrote:
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>>>> Back in the day /etc/localtime used to always be a symlink to a
>>>> zonefile.  This seem[d,s] like a good idea - does anybody know why
>>>> Fedora might have gotten away from that model?
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>>>  /usr might not be mounted is the usual reason for things like that.
>>> That would be my guess.
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>> I was just about to reply with the exact same reason, until I saw Ben  
>> already had... :)
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> I've learned to wait a couple of hours before posting answers to
> questions on the list.  Often, Ben will respond first with much of
> what I would have said, and (as Ben says a lot) this trick has saved
> me quite a bit of typing. :^)
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The kb article on redhat's site states you have to run 
redhat-config-date {or system-config-date depending on version}. Of 
course they also mention that a recycle of daemons depending on 
/etc/localtime or a reboot. I found crond was off an hour on some RHEL 
3... Fun stuff. <sarcasm>Looking forward to the Dept of Energy report to 
determine if we are going to continue doing this so we can change 
everything back. </sarcasm>

Todd
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