Question about timezone daylight saving changes in Tru64
Roberto Mackun <[email protected]>
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Greetings Managers, According to a SUN article, there is a recommendation to reboot servers after applying DST (daylight savings time) changes to the timezone data (excerpt shown below). SUN seems to suggest that timezone data are only read by processes when they start. I haven't found any documents which mentions that a reboot would be necessary after compiling new timezone files with zic(8) for Tru64. Does anybody have any information whether a reboot would be necessary? Regards, Bobby Excerpt from SUN recommendations for DST changes in Solaris: <<snip>> NOTE: The changes below may appear to take effect immediately, BUT, any processes already running on the system(including daemons such as cron, syslogd, etc) will cache the outdated timezone data until they are restarted. Due to the difficulty in determining which processes must be restarted, re-booting the entire system is the preferred and recommended option. <<snip>> ************************************************************************************************* "This e-mail and its attachments are intended for the named addressee only and no liability is accepted for use or reliance on any part of this e-mail by any other person. It is confidential, may be subject to privilege and is also subject to copyright. No part of it should be reproduced, adapted or communicated without the written consent of the copyright owner. Any confidentiality or privilege is not waived or lost because this e-mail has been received by you and you are not the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, please let us know by reply e-mail. Please note that e-mails can be interfered with, can contain computer viruses or other defects and may not be successfully replicated on other systems. This footnote confirms that this e-mail message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. However whilst the sender has taken reasonable precautions to minimise the risk of this email and any attachment containing viruses, we cannot accept liability for any such viruses and we give no warranties in relation to any of the above matters. If you have any doubts about the authenticity of this e-mail please contact the sender immediately. No responsibility is accepted for any changes made to a document other than those made by the sender."