[PLUG] Setting the time properly

[Paul Heinlein]

On Thu, 12 Sep 2002, Rich Shepard wrote:

> Does setting UTC=true set the time to that, but correct for the
> local time zone?

Honestly, I don't know. I've never played with that setting.

> Now that I've changed this, how do I implement the changes?

Take a look at /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit. That's the boot script that, 
among other things, sets the time.

I think (but please verify this for yourself) that you'll want to

1. shut down ntpd

2. ensure that /etc/localtime == /usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Pacific; you 
   can copy the latter to the former if they differ

3. run "ntpdate" against a time server you trust

4. run "/sbin/hwclock --localtime --systohc" to get the hardware clock 
   in sync

5. restart ntpd

--Paul Heinlein <heinlein at attbi.com>