From owner-freebsd-questions Thu May 28 12:54:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA10359 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 28 May 1998 12:54:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from harfang.CC.UMontreal.CA (harfang.CC.UMontreal.CA [132.204.2.102]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA10348 for ; Thu, 28 May 1998 12:54:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from beaupran@JSP.UMontreal.CA) Received: from epsom.jsp.umontreal.ca (epsom.JSP.UMontreal.CA [132.204.45.25]) by harfang.CC.UMontreal.CA (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id PAA18368; Thu, 28 May 1998 15:54:39 -0400 (EDT) Received: from outpost.nada.org (derby.jsp.umontreal.ca [132.204.46.26]) by epsom.jsp.umontreal.ca via SMTP (951211.SGI.8.6.12.PATCH1502/JSP1789) id PAA09576; Thu, 28 May 1998 15:54:49 -0400 Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 15:54:59 -0400 (EDT) From: Spidey X-Sender: beaupran@outpost.nada.org To: Dave Marquardt cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Incorrect FTP Time In-Reply-To: <85iumqa6xz.fsf@localhost.zilker.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 28 May 1998, Dave Marquardt wrote: > Bryant Martin writes: > > I am running a FreeBSD server, and, although the system time is set to > > the correct time, incoming and outgoing FTP transactions are post-timed > > by four hours. We can find no apparent cause for this. Has anyone > > there seen this on another system, and, if so, can I get a suggestion on > > how to correct it? > > > > Thank you very much, > > Bryant Martin > > > > Commonwealth/Martin > > 1700 Venable Street > > Richmond, VA 23223-6308 > > Considering that you're on the east coast of the US, you're exactly 4 > hours behind UTC. So your FTP server is running on UTC, for some > reason. Perhaps someone else on the list can address the reasons for > that and whether it's really harmful. To my humble opinion, it's an error in the installation. At some point the install program asks you the timezone you're in... After you've done it, it asks if the clock is set to UTC. So maybe it's where the "feature"'s from. Also, check if there is a file named /etc/wall_cmos_clock. If not there should be one to indicate to your system that your clock is set to local time. This file is empty on my system. ( I'm not sure about this so you're better out with the handbook and/or the FAQ...) Spidey ____________________________________ | Still searching for a good .sig... | \------------------------------------/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message