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BALUG VM (& "vicki" - sometimes physical host of BALUG): default timezone --> UTC (?
by Michael Paoli 13 Jun '19

13 Jun '19

Unless someone convinces me otherwise (unlikely), I'll probably proceed fairly soon, to reconfigure the BALUG VM (Virtual Machine) - (host balug-sf-lug-v2.balug.org) and likewise "vicki" (hostname vicki - and the sometimes / semi-regular physical host of the BALUG VM) to default to using UTC. To minimize surprises/disruptions - in addition to this notice, I'll probably make that change upon a (re)boot of those hosts (e.g. on reboot, go to single user mode, reconfigure, then reboot per normal to multi-user). Rationale: o security, etc. - many won't even consider looking at logs if they're not in UTC o no matter who uses it from where on the planet, one zone all can (well approximately) reasonably agree upon o no need/reason to change it in the (unlikely) even it moves to another physical location, or timezone at existing physical location changes o "principle of least surprise" - if it was a whole bunch 'o local folks doing admin, etc. on the box, and especially more "jr." folks, local would be of least surprise. But alas, yours truly does >>~=99.7 % of the systems administration, etc. on those hosts, so that being the case, and having been the case quite a while, and seeming improbable to change ... for me, that "principle of least surprise", and other reasons/advantages ... UTC o Users can always use TZ setting to whatever they wish that's available, we're only talking about the system default timezone, e.g.: $ TZ=America/Los_Angeles; export TZ

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S/N bobble -- waiting for Michael P. on this
by Rick Moen 06 Jun '19

06 Jun '19

Magic 8-ball (i.e., logcheck on ns1.linuxmafia.com) says: System Events =-=-=-=-=-=-= May 30 10:05:36 linuxmafia named[11750]: zone balug.org/IN: serial number (1558725628) received from master 198.144.194.238#53 < ours (1558799284) May 30 10:30:43 linuxmafia named[11750]: zone sf-lug.org/IN: serial number (1558622463) received from master 198.144.194.238#53 < ours (1558799278) May 30 10:32:42 linuxmafia named[11750]: zone balug.org/IN: serial number (1558725628) received from master 198.144.194.238#53 < ours (1558799284) May 30 10:57:43 linuxmafia named[11750]: zone balug.org/IN: serial number (1558725628) received from master 198.144.194.238#53 < ours (1558799284) Er? Michael, O Great Oracle of the DNS master, before I go expunging the local cached zone on ns1.linuxmafia.com so as to converge in the master, any thoughts or desire to act on your end? Normally, I would expect the current situation to be _strenuously avoided_ by never taking S/Ns in a retrograde direction on a zone's DNS master, so I infer that investigation may be in order (or at least brief discussion).

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BALUG: Lists, stats, etc.
by Michael Paoli 01 Jun '19

01 Jun '19

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