> > > Hisao, Brian,
> > >
> > > Can one of you commit the following patch into the codebase ?
> > > This applies at least to Centos 4 build. This patch fixes the
> > > problem that
> > > the timezone is reset to the installation default after a
> reboot, by
> > > applying the timezone also in /etc/sysconfig/clock
> > >
> > > With regards,
> > >
> > > Taco
> > >
> > > diff -u /usr/sausalito/handlers/base/time/time.pl-orig
> > > /usr/sausalito/handlers/base/time/time.pl
> > > --- /usr/sausalito/handlers/base/time/time.pl-orig 2005-11-29
> > > 15:15:09.0000 00000 +0100
> > > +++ /usr/sausalito/handlers/base/time/time.pl 2006-11-17
> > > 18:02:20.000000000 +0 100
> > > @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
> > > $cce->connectfd();
> > >
> > > my $localtime = '/etc/localtime';
> > > +my $clock = '/etc/sysconfig/clock';
> > > my $oid = $cce->event_oid();
> > > my $time_obj = $cce->event_object();
> > > my $old = $cce->event_old();
> > > @@ -32,6 +33,29 @@
> > > symlink($link, '/etc/localtime');
> > > }
> > >
> > > + # update /etc/sysconfig/clock
> > > + my $fn = sub
> > > + {
> > > + my ($fin, $fout) = (shift,shift);
> > > + my ($text) = (shift);
> > > +
> > > + while (<$fin>)
> > > + {
> > > + if(m/^ZONE/) {
> > > + # print out the CCE maintained section
> > > + print $fout "ZONE=\"$text\"\n";
> > > + } else {
> > > + print $fout $_;
> > > + }
> > > + }
> > > +
> > > + return 1;
> > > + };
> > > +
> > > + if (!Sauce::Util::editfile($clock, $fn, $zone)) {
> > > +
> > > $cce->warn("[[base-time.errorWritingConfFile]]");
> > > + }
> > > +
> > > # set the time if necessary.
> > > my $time = $time_obj->{epochTime};
> >
> > My server gets time problems all the time: once it jumps
> back 6 hours,
> > another time it jumps forward ~12 hours...
> > What a mess!
> > I have no clue how it decides what time is it now...
> >
> > Will your patch address this issue as well?
> >
> > Thanks for your efforts.
>
> Ran into similar issues here with two boxes (others seem to
> be working fine).
>
> /etc/sysconfig/clock should have the "correct" timezone
> information in it
> > EG: US/Central
>
> file /etc/localtime should be a link to /usr/share/zoneinfo/<timezone>
> where <timezone> is the same as what you have in /etc/sysconfig/clock
> for the timezone - EG /usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Central
>
> Once these are set, restart ntpd (if you use it) and after
> about ten minutes
> (it takes a while to sync itself) run command "ntpq -c
> associations". This
> will list the servers (by index code) and their status
> (condition column).
> If all servers show "reject" then ntp is not going to sync
> this way. If any
> show sys.peer or candidat or some such, then it should work
> and keep correct
> time using ntpd.
>
> That failing, create a small shell script in /etc/cron.hourly
> (I called mine
> clock_set) with the following:
>
>
> # #!/bin/sh
> # /usr/sbin/ntpd -q > /dev/null 2>&1
> # exit
>
> This will "update" the clock once an hour and should keep the
> server within a
> minute of "true" time (basically just does the ntpdate set
> part that ntpd
> does during init and then exits).
>
> --
> Larry Smith
> SysAd ECSIS.NET
> sysad (at mark) ecsis.net
Thank you very much, Larry.
I'll try it tomorrow and inform the list about results, in case someone else
run in this.
Best,
--
Arthur Sherman
+972-52-4878851
CPTeam