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<title>Configuring the setclock script</title>
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<?dbhtml filename="setclock.html" dir="chapter07"?>
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+<para>This setclock script reads the time from your hardware clock (also
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+known as BIOS or CMOS clock) and either converts that time to localtime
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+using the <filename>/etc/localtime</filename> file (if the hardware clock
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+is set to GMT) or not (if the hardware clock is already set to localtime).
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+There is no way to auto-detect whether the hardware clock is set to GMT or
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+not, so we need to configure that here ourselves.</para>
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-<para>The setclock script is only for real use when the hardware clock (also
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-known as BIOS or CMOS clock) isn't set to GMT time. The recommended
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-setup is setting the hardware clock to GMT and having the time converted
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-to localtime using the /etc/localtime symbolic link. But if an
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-OS is run that doesn't understand a clock set to GMT (most notable are
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-Microsoft OS'es) you may want to set the clock to localtime so that
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-the time is properly displayed on those OS'es. This script will then
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-set the kernel time to the hardware clock without converting the time using
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-the /etc/localtime symlink.</para>
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-
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-<para>If you want to use this script on your system even if the
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-hardware clock is set to GMT, then the UTC variable below has to be
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-changed to the value of <emphasis>1</emphasis>.</para>
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+<para>Change the value of the <emphasis>UTC</emphasis> variable below to a
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+<emphasis>0</emphasis> (zero) if your hardware clock is not set to GMT
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+time.</para>
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<para>Create a new file <filename>/etc/sysconfig/clock</filename> by running
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the following:</para>
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@@ -23,7 +19,7 @@ the following:</para>
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<para><screen><userinput>cat > /etc/sysconfig/clock << "EOF"</userinput>
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# Begin /etc/sysconfig/clock
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-UTC=0
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+UTC=1
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# End /etc/sysconfig/clock
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<userinput>EOF</userinput></screen></para>
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