Linux, Samba, UTC and wonky time

[David Rankin]

Brian Wright wrote:

> David,
>
> I was reading on Deja that you were having difficulties with Linux and
> Windows with the daylight savings.  I'm not sure how you're experiencing it.
> My problem is when I mount Windows shares on Linux.  The wierd thing is
> this.  Windows has the correct time set.  Linux has the correct time set.
> However, whenever I create a file on Windows through an smbmount, Windows
> sees the file as having been created 1 hour prior to the Windows current
> time.  Yet, both Linux and Windows are set to the correct time (i.e.,
> daylight savings).  Is this what you are seeing?  If so, how have you
> corrected it (or have you?)
>
> Any info you might have would be appreciated.
>

Brian my problems are slightly different but certainly qualify as "wonky time."
My problem is with Mandrake 7.2 (stock - installed via ISO image) and Samba 2.07
(stock - installed via same ISO image) when Samba is acting as a time server. I
can't set my Hardware clock to GMT and get Samba to serve the correct time.
Whenever I set my hardware clock to GMT and properly config my timezone files,
Samba serves time to my Windows machines that is either GMT (with localtime set
to [no selection]) or GMT + 5 hours (with localtime set to [America/Chicago]).
The only way I can get Samba to serve the right time is to set my hardware clock
to CDT (with localtime set to [America/Chicago]).

Now Samba serves the correct time to the WinXX machines, but if I send mail from
kmail on my Linux box, all of my e-mail is time stamped CDT-5hr. or GMT. Go
figure? Somewhere and offset is getting applied in the wrong direction. I still
haven't sorted this out, but I am still working on it as time permits.

I sure wish someone had some additional ideas on this....



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David C. Rankin
Nacogdoches, Texas