In Debian/Ubuntu you can use: $ tzselect Then when you got that set up run (as root): $ ntpdate-debian
On 5/27/10, Oron Peled <o...@actcom.co.il> wrote: > On Thursday, 27 בMay 2010 21:50:12 geoffrey mendelson wrote: >> On May 27, 2010, at 9:37 PM, Dan Shimshoni wrote: >> > ... >> > However, there is a server at my work place which I am responsible >> > for. When I run: >> > ntpdate -s ntpserver.huji.ac.il >> > it sets the time to 7 hours earlier (I mean, instead 19:00, it is >> > 12:00). >> ... >> /etc/localtime is set to EST/EDT (US east coast) >> >> ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Jerusalem /etc/localtime >> >> Note that UBUNTU (and possibly debian) use a hard link or a copy of >> the file instead of symlink. > > RedHat/Centos/Fedora also create a copy and for a good reason: /usr > may be on a separate partition, in which case /etc/localtime is a > dangling link during early boot phases until /usr is mounted. > > -- > Oron Peled Voice: +972-4-8228492 > o...@actcom.co.il http://users.actcom.co.il/~oron > "Copyright protects Software. Patents protect Software Monopolies." > http://swpat.ffii.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-il mailing list > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
