ls of ftp and system ls show diffent timestamp

[jasonK_1]

ls of ftp and system ls show diffent timestamp

Basically ls of ftp show the UTC timestamp, whereas the ls of the server show PST time.  I have the /etc/TIMEZONE in the PST format and my /etc/profile also read from /etc/TIMEZONE then why the javaapplet and ftp (firefox, filezilla, reflection web) show files in UTC timestamp? I want them to show in the PST zone.  

Thanks,
Jason


#uname -a
HP-UX hpsrv1 B.11.11 U 9000/800 587730578 unlimited-user license

# date -u
Tue Feb 14 00:13:29 UTC 2012

#date

Mon Feb 13 16:13:44 PST 2012

# cat /etc/TIMEZONE
TZ=PST8PDT
export TZ

 #echo $TZ

PST8PDT

[Steven Schweda]

> Basically [...]

   As usual, showing actual commands with their actual output can be
more helpful than vague descriptions or interpretations.

> [...] ls of ftp show the UTC timestamp, [...]

   Are you talking about the date-time values shown in a DIR/LIST
listing produced by the FTP server (which?) on your HP-UX system?

> [...] and my /etc/profile also read from /etc/TIMEZONE then why the
> javaapplet and ftp (firefox, filezilla, reflection web) show files in
> UTC timestamp?

   FTP clients tend to show the data sent by the FTP server.

>  #echo $TZ
> PST8PDT

   The FTP server process probably cares more about what's in _its_
environment than it does about what's in _your_ environment.

   I don't know where the FTP server gets its environment, and I haven't
tried this, so I know nothing, but if I wished to control its
environment, I'd probably start by writing a shell script which sets the
environment variables as I wished, and then runs the FTP server program.
Then, I'd replace the original FTP server command ("/usr/bin/ftpd ..."?)
in my inetd configuration file ("/etc/inetd.conf"?) with a similar
command which specifies my new script, instead.  (Naturally, the script
should pass its command-line arguments along to the actual FTP server
program.)

[Nighwish]

Hi

Just a check ftp is a insecure service. Try sftp you must configure ssh keys it's easy and secure.

Regards.

[Bill Hassell]

The ftpd daemon is run by inetd so the timezone (variable TZ) for ftpd is the one used to start inetd. inetd is started during the rc script sequence.  /etc/TIMEZONE is called as part of the environment  setup (/sbin/rc, /etc/rc.config and auto_parms). Something prior to inetd startup may have unset TZ or assigned it the UTC value. If you don't want to troubleshoot the startup scripts, just add the line:

. /etc/TIMEZONE

 at the beginnng of the /sbin/init.d/inetd script. Note carefully: there is a period, then space, then the TIMEZONE filename. This is called sourcing the file and will set TZ before inetd starts.

Once you change the /sbin/init.d/inetd script, restart inetd like this:

/sbin/init.d/inetd stop
/sbin/init.d/inetd start

 And now your ftp listings will be shown in the current /etc/TIMEZONE value.

[jasonK_1]

Thanks Bill. You nailed it.  Now I need to debug the script to find out why and where!