[6370fa6] | 1 | <sect1 id="ch07-setclock">
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| 2 | <title>Creating the setclock script</title>
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| 3 |
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| 4 | <para>
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| 5 | The following script is only for real use when your hardware clock (also
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| 6 | known as BIOS or CMOS clock) isn't set to GMT time. The recommended
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| 7 | setup is setting your hardware clock to GMT and have the time converted
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| 8 | to localtime using the /etc/localtime symbolic link. But if you run an
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| 9 | OS that doesn't understand a clock set to GMT (most notable are
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| 10 | Microsoft OS'es) you might want to set your clock to localtime so that
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| 11 | the time is properly displayed on those OS'es. This script will reset
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| 12 | the kernel time to the hardware clock without converting the time using
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| 13 | the /etc/localtime symlink.
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| 14 | </para>
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| 15 |
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| 16 | <para>
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| 17 | If you want to use this script on your system even if you have your
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| 18 | hardware clock set to GMT, then change the UTC variable below to the
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| 19 | value of <emphasis>1</emphasis>.
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| 20 | </para>
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| 21 |
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| 22 | <literallayout>
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| 23 |
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| 24 | <userinput>cat > setclock << "EOF"</userinput>
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| 25 | #!/bin/sh
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| 26 | # Begin /etc/init.d/setclock
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| 27 |
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| 28 | #
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| 29 | # Include the functions declared in the /etc/init.d/functions file
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| 30 | # and include the variables from the /etc/sysconfig/clock file
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| 31 | #
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| 32 |
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| 33 | source /etc/init.d/functions
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| 34 | source /etc/sysconfig/clock
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| 35 |
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| 36 | #
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| 37 | # Right now we want to set the kernel clock according to the hardware
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| 38 | # clock, so we use the -hctosys parameter.
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| 39 | #
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| 40 |
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| 41 | CLOCKPARAMS="--hctosys"
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| 42 |
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| 43 | #
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| 44 | # If the UTC variable is set in the /etc/sysconfig/clock file, add the
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| 45 | # -u parameter as well which tells hwclock that the hardware clock is
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| 46 | # set to UTC time instead of local time.
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| 47 | #
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| 48 |
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| 49 | case "$UTC" in
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| 50 | yes|true|1)
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| 51 | CLOCKPARAMS="$CLOCKPARAMS -u"
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| 52 | ;;
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| 53 | esac
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| 54 |
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| 55 | echo -n "Setting clock..."
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| 56 | /sbin/hwclock $CLOCKPARAMS
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| 57 | evaluate_retval
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| 58 |
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| 59 | # End /etc/init.d/setclock
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| 60 | <userinput>EOF</userinput>
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| 61 |
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| 62 | </literallayout>
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| 63 |
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| 64 | <sect2>
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| 65 | <title>Creating the /etc/sysconfig/clock file</title>
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| 66 |
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| 67 | <para>
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| 68 | Create a new file <filename>/etc/sysconfig/clock</filename> by running
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| 69 | the following:
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| 70 | </para>
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| 71 |
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| 72 | <literallayout>
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| 73 |
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| 74 | <userinput>cat > /etc/sysconfig/clock << "EOF"</userinput>
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| 75 | # Begin /etc/sysconfig/clock
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| 76 |
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| 77 | UTC=1
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| 78 |
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| 79 | # End /etc/sysconfig/clock
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| 80 | <userinput>EOF</userinput>
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| 81 |
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| 82 | </literallayout>
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| 83 |
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| 84 | <para>
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| 85 | If your hardware clock (also known as BIOS or CMOS clock) is not set to
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| 86 | GMT time, than set the UTC variable in the /etc/sysconfig/clock file to
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| 87 | the value <emphasis>0</emphasis> (zero).
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| 88 | </para>
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| 89 |
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| 90 | </sect2>
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| 91 |
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| 92 | </sect1>
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| 93 |
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