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1<sect2><title>Configuring Glibc</title>
2
3<para>
4We need to create the /etc/nsswitch.conf file. Although glibc should provide
5defaults when this file is missing or corrupt, it's defaults don't work work
6well with networking which will be dealt with in a later chapter. Also, our
7timezone needs to be setup.
8</para>
9
10<para>
11Create a new file <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename> by running the
12following:
13</para>
14
15<literallayout>
16<userinput>cat &gt; /etc/nsswitch.conf &lt;&lt; "EOF"</userinput>
17# Begin /etc/nsswitch.conf
18
19passwd: files
20group: files
21shadow: files
22
23publickey: files
24
25hosts: files dns
26networks: files
27
28protocols: db files
29services: db files
30ethers: db files
31rpc: db files
32
33netgroup: db files
34
35# End /etc/nsswitch.conf
36<userinput>EOF</userinput>
37</literallayout>
38
39<para>
40The <userinput>tzselect</userinput> script has to be run and the questions
41regarding the user's timezone have to be answered.
42When the user is done, the script will give the
43location of the needed timezone file.
44</para>
45
46<para>
47Create the <filename class="directory">/etc/localtime</filename> symlink
48by running:
49</para>
50
51<blockquote><literallayout>
52 <userinput>cd /etc &amp;&amp;</userinput>
53 <userinput>ln -sf ../usr/share/zoneinfo/&lt;tzselect's output&gt;
54 localtime</userinput>
55</literallayout></blockquote>
56
57<para>
58tzselect's output can be something like <emphasis>EST5EDT</emphasis> or
59<emphasis>Canada/Eastern</emphasis>.
60</para>
61
62<para>
63The symlink a user would create with that information would be:
64</para>
65
66<blockquote><literallayout>
67 <userinput>ln -s ../usr/share/zoneinfo/EST5EDT localtime</userinput>
68</literallayout></blockquote>
69
70<para>
71Or:
72</para>
73
74<blockquote><literallayout>
75 <userinput>ln -s ../usr/share/zoneinfo/Canada/Eastern localtime
76 </userinput>
77</literallayout></blockquote>
78
79</sect2>
80
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