Natarj,
--- On Wed, 7/7/10, Nataraj <incoming-cen...@rjl.com> wrote:
> From: Nataraj <incoming-cen...@rjl.com>
> Subject: [CentOS] how to properly change the timezone
> To: "CentOS mailing list" <centos@centos.org>
> Date: Wednesday, July 7, 2010, 5:58 PM
> Hi,
>
> I have a Centos 5.5 server with no GUI
> installed. I have several times
> changed the timezone by copying the correct file to
> /etc/localtime,
> however something keeps changing it back. I'm not
> sure if this is a yum
> update or what. Without installing the graphical
> tools, how can I
> update the timezone in such a way that the /etc/localtime
> file won't
> keep getting clobbered.
At the time you did the copy, there likely was an existing symlink from
/etc/localtime to another timezone. Then your copy was relegated back to the
symlink on reboot? Something like that.
Before you do a copy like that, check for a symlink and delete it first.
--
Mark
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