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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
17<userinput>cat &gt; /etc/nsswitch.conf &lt;&lt; "EOF"</userinput>
18# Begin /etc/nsswitch.conf
19
20passwd: files
21group: files
22shadow: files
23
24publickey: files
25
26hosts: files dns
27networks: files
28
29protocols: db files
30services: db files
31ethers: db files
32rpc: db files
33
34netgroup: db files
35
36# End /etc/nsswitch.conf
37<userinput>EOF</userinput>
38
39</literallayout>
40
41<para>
42The <userinput>tzselect</userinput> script has to be run and the questions
43regarding the user's timezone have to be answered.
44When the user is done, the script will give the
45location of the needed timezone file.
46</para>
47
48<para>
49Create the <filename class="directory">/etc/localtime</filename> symlink
50by running:
51</para>
52
53<blockquote><literallayout>
54
55 <userinput>cd /etc &amp;&amp;</userinput>
56 <userinput>ln -sf ../usr/share/zoneinfo/&lt;tzselect's output&gt;
57 localtime</userinput>
58
59</literallayout></blockquote>
60
61<para>
62tzselect's output can be something like <emphasis>EST5EDT</emphasis> or
63<emphasis>Canada/Eastern</emphasis>.
64</para>
65
66<para>
67The symlink a user would create with that information would be:
68</para>
69
70<blockquote><literallayout>
71
72 <userinput>ln -s ../usr/share/zoneinfo/EST5EDT localtime</userinput>
73
74</literallayout></blockquote>
75
76<para>
77Or:
78</para>
79
80<blockquote><literallayout>
81
82 <userinput>ln -s ../usr/share/zoneinfo/Canada/Eastern localtime
83 </userinput>
84
85</literallayout></blockquote>
86
87</sect2>
88
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