reset date and time

[Yuandan Zhang]

On Fri, 2005-09-23 at 00:03 +1000, Yuandan Zhang wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-09-21 at 20:33 -0700, Craig White wrote:
> > On Thu, 2005-09-22 at 23:06 +1000, Yuandan Zhang wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > I just installed FC4 (2.6.11-1.1369_FC4). most are working well.
> > > However, there is a bit problem with time setup. I set the time to
> > > Australia/Sydney. Every time after reboot, this time change to another
> > > time, for example,
> > > 
> > > 1st set local time to 10am, if I reboot at 11am, the time changed to 8pm
> > > 2nd set,  set local time to 11:25am, after reboot, this time change to
> > > 8:25pm
> > > ...
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > tried a few times, all set times were reset to one other time after
> > > reboot. 
> > > 
> > > any advice please?
> > ----
> > what is output of
> > cat /etc/sysconfig/clock
> > 
> > is UTC=true ?
> > 
> > perhaps you should set it to false and set the clock...
> > 
> > date -s 13:30 # sets system to 1:30 PM
> > hwclock -s --systohc # -s may be redundant but sets hardware clock 
> >                      # to system clock
> > 
> > Craig
> > 
> > 
> I tried the command lines (hwclock etc). but the problem exists. During
> shutdown, it seems at shutdown random seed, there was an quick error
> 'failed to synchronize hardware clock to the system clock'
> During the boot at startup auditd, there was some error, something like,
> ' denied ( write )  '. not sure if they are related.
> 
> here is the cat /etc/sysconfig/clock
> 
> ZONE="Australia/Sydney"
> UTC=false
> ARC=false

During startup auditd, error looks like

'avc: denied { write } for uid=...'

when shutdown, somewhere it shows:

'sycronising hardware clock to system clock ..........


[FAILT] '


Hope you can figure out the problem for me

Yuandan