NFS mount

noir911 · 03-03-2007, 04:20 PM

If I create (touch) or copy (scp) any file inside my NFS mount, the date stamp comes wrong. The system time/date is correct in both my NFS server and client.

For example, if I have a file "test.txt" on my NFS server, the date shows right. But if I view the same "test.txt" file from my NFS client, the date is not right.

Any help would be much appreciated.

acid_kewpie · 03-03-2007, 04:27 PM

an example of how it's not right would be useful here... it could be that machine 1 uses a UTC system clock with a software timezone offset, and machine 2 uses a local time hardware clock. the reported dates and times will be correct on each machine, but (i think) be different across the NFS mount.

jlliagre · 03-04-2007, 05:26 AM

Like NTP, NFS transmit timestamps in UTC, so I believe the problem is either the client, the server or both timezone settings being wrong.

Check it by running "date -u" on each side.