Date differrent for root and other users

[royalsun]

Hi Folks,

If I log into my HPUX 11.11 L300-8x server as root and type "date" the EST date which is correct displays.However if all other users log in and type "date" they get the date in EDT format.

Can anyone shed some light on this.All info will be appreciated.

Regards,

Mille

[Tom Geudens]

Hi Mille,
Is the TZ variable different between root and the other users ?
echo $TZ

Regards,
Tom Geudens

[Michael Tully]

Looks like the user and root are getting a different timezone from somewhere.

When each user logs on, they should get the timezone from /etc/profile (which looks to /etc/TIMEZONE) and then runs the local .profile for each user. Have a look in ~root/.profile and ~user/.profile and compare any differences.

[Umapathy S]

Mille,
Check the TZ env variable for root and other users. It may be different.

HTH,
Umapathy

[Zigor Buruaga]

Hi,

Check the ".profile" of root user and "/etc/profile". Look for lines like:

TZ=EST ( or EDT )
export TZ

Compare it with other user ".profile".
Also check the file "/etc/TIMEZONE".
Maybe some of that files is using the incorrect format.

Hope this helps.
Regards,
Zigor

[royalsun]

Hi Folks,

Thanks I should have added that I had checked /etc/TIMEZONE and all profiles and there is nothing strange.I have added the correct TZ to users ".profile" as a way to fix it until I find out "why" this is happening.

Regards,

Mille

[Umapathy S]

Mille,
As said, /etc/profile should read /etc/TIMEZONE and set TZ properly. It is not recommended to change/update in users profiles.
Check, for any other script called from /etc/profile which modifies the TZ.

HTH,
Umapathy

[royalsun]

HI Folks,

I think the problem is that /etc/profile is not being read.All perms etc are OK so I do not understand.I added a string export MILLE=test1 , when I log in as root and "echo $MILLE" test1 displays but not when I log in as another user.

Regards,

Milos

[royalsun]

HI Folks,

Thanks to all replies , I appreciate the response.The problem was the /etc/profile had no READ perm for users.Should have been my first port of call.

REgards,

MILLE