Re: timestamp wrong

On Tue, May 31, 2005 at 01:00:31PM -0500, [email protected] wrote:
> Hello--
> 
> I am seeing ftp sessions logging the wrong timestamp in the xferlog and 
> syslog files.  The FAQ describes the following solution. I didn't compile 
> the package; it came with Solaris.  What do I need to do to move the 
> zoneinfo files? (And why do I need to do this?)
> 
> Any help is appreciated.

This problem usually happens because the FTP daemon is chrooting for
security reasons - either you have set it up for anonymous FTP, or you have
guest users.

Once the daemon has chrooted, it cannot see any data outside the new root
directory, so the relevant time zone files need to be copied into the
correct place under this tree, along with other files it needs, such as the
ls binary, load libraries (if dynamically linked), copies of passwd, group
etc..

The ftpd man page which comes with Solaris should contain instructions on
setting up the FTP daemon for anonymous access; it works similarly for guest
users as well.  This includes details on the time zone directory (zoneinfo).
Actually, strictly speaking you probably don't need to copy the whole of this
directory, just the files needed to cover the time zone for your machine.

Cheers, Bob

> 1.      The timezone in the xferlog is wrong 
> Either, you compiled with support for setting the process title (SPT_TYPE) 
> on a machine that doesn't support this, where changing the process title 
> clobbers the environment and therefore zaps the TZ variable. Recompile 
> with SPT_TYPE set to SPT_NONE. 
> Systems which don't support SPT_TYPE : Aix, SGI Irix 
> Or, you need to copy the zoneinfo files to the ~ftp tree too. These are : 
> /etc/TIMEZONE
> /etc/default/init
> /etc/localtime (FreeBSD)
> /usr/share/lib/zoneinfo/..
> 
> The name of the correct file in /usr/share/lib/zoneinfo depends on your 
> current timezone. Exact filenames depend on your operating system too. See 
> the man-pages for timezone(4) and zic(1M). 
> 

-- 
Bob Luckin      [email protected]      "Coder, adapt; FTP Ada, redo C"