[rudder-users] Time zone setting isn't global

[Rob Pomeroy]

Okay thanks Francois. Bug filed.

Rob


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On 28 March 2018 at 17:45, Francois Armand <francois.armand at normation.com>
wrote:

> Hello Rob,
>
> It clearly *does* sound like a bug. Or at least something sufficiently
> unexpected that we need to look at it (and if we really want to let the
> possibility to adjust timezone by user, well we will need a little bit more
> of explanation on the technique about that fact - and it should be an
> option).
>
> So yes, please report it, it would be very kind of you.
>
> Thank you very much !
>
>
> On 28/03/2018 18:35, Rob Pomeroy wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> There's a interesting snag with the "Time settings version 3.2" directive.
> It sets the timezone correctly for the root user, but apparently not for
> other users, on Ubuntu 16.
>
> Here's an example of a server, which Rudder claims is fully compliant:
>
> rob.pomeroy at webdbb2:~$ date
> Wed Mar 28 *16:15:14 UTC* 2018
> rob.pomeroy at webdbb2:~$ sudo date
> Wed Mar 28 *17:15:20 BST* 2018
> rob.pomeroy at webdbb2:~$ cat /etc/timezone
> *Europe/London*
>
>
> This server is configured to timezone Europe/London, which is currently on
> daylight saving time (British Summer Time).
>
> Running dpkg-reconfigure -f noninteractive tzdata fixes the problem for
> all users. So clearly, it does something that the Rudder directive misses.
> The other command that's popular on Ubuntu, "timedatectl set-timezone
> Europe/London" , does *not* fix the problem.
>
> Note: we're not setting TZ in profiles or bashrcs, or anything like that.
>
> Does this look like a bug? If so, I'll willingly report it.
>
> Rob
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