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== Install Base Commands == | == Install Base Commands == | ||
<syntaxhighlight lang="console"> | <syntaxhighlight lang="console"> | ||
| − | $ sudo apt install | + | $ sudo apt install bash-completion curl dtrx file htop iotop jnettop progress sl whois |
</syntaxhighlight> | </syntaxhighlight> | ||
== Setup Clock == | == Setup Clock == | ||
| − | Enable [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Time_Protocol NTP] to keep your | + | To see the current configuration run the following command<syntaxhighlight lang="console"> |
| + | $ timedatectl | ||
| + | Local time: Sat 2017-07-01 14:38:42 UTC | ||
| + | Universal time: Sat 2017-07-01 14:38:42 UTC | ||
| + | RTC time: Sat 2017-07-01 14:38:42 | ||
| + | Time zone: UTC (UTC, +0000) | ||
| + | Network time on: yes | ||
| + | NTP synchronized: yes | ||
| + | RTC in local TZ: no | ||
| + | </syntaxhighlight> | ||
| + | |||
| + | === NTP === | ||
| + | Enable [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Time_Protocol NTP] to keep your computer clock synchronized. | ||
| + | First remove the old <code>ntpdate</code> package if present | ||
<syntaxhighlight lang="console"> | <syntaxhighlight lang="console"> | ||
$ sudo apt purge ntpdate | $ sudo apt purge ntpdate | ||
| − | $ | + | </syntaxhighlight>Now activate systemd NTP daemon<syntaxhighlight lang="console"> |
| − | + | $ timedatectl set-ntp true | |
| − | $ | + | |
| − | </ | + | </syntaxhighlight>If you get a message like <code>Failed to set ntp: The name org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1 was not provided by any .service files</code>, add <code>sudo</code> in front of the command. |
| + | |||
| + | === Timezone === | ||
| + | To change the timezone, run the following command<syntaxhighlight lang="console"> | ||
| + | $ timedatectl set-timezone UTC | ||
| + | </syntaxhighlight>If you get a message like <code>Failed to set time zone: The name org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1 was not provided by any .service files</code>, add <code>sudo</code> in front of the command. | ||
| − | + | To list the possible time zones, run<syntaxhighlight lang="console"> | |
| − | <syntaxhighlight lang="console"> | + | $ timedatectl list-timezones |
| − | $ | + | Africa/Abidjan |
| + | Africa/Accra | ||
| + | Africa/Addis_Ababa | ||
| + | Africa/Algiers | ||
| + | Africa/Asmara | ||
| + | Africa/Bamako | ||
| + | Africa/Bangui | ||
| + | Africa/Banjul | ||
| + | Africa/Bissau | ||
| + | Africa/Blantyre | ||
| + | ... | ||
</syntaxhighlight> | </syntaxhighlight> | ||
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[[Category:Linux Server]] | [[Category:Linux Server]] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:42, 1 July 2017
Install Base Commands
$ sudo apt install bash-completion curl dtrx file htop iotop jnettop progress sl whois
Setup Clock
To see the current configuration run the following command
$ timedatectl
Local time: Sat 2017-07-01 14:38:42 UTC
Universal time: Sat 2017-07-01 14:38:42 UTC
RTC time: Sat 2017-07-01 14:38:42
Time zone: UTC (UTC, +0000)
Network time on: yes
NTP synchronized: yes
RTC in local TZ: no
NTP
Enable NTP to keep your computer clock synchronized.
First remove the old ntpdate package if present
$ sudo apt purge ntpdate
Now activate systemd NTP daemon
$ timedatectl set-ntp true
If you get a message like Failed to set ntp: The name org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1 was not provided by any .service files, add sudo in front of the command.
Timezone
To change the timezone, run the following command
$ timedatectl set-timezone UTC
If you get a message like Failed to set time zone: The name org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1 was not provided by any .service files, add sudo in front of the command.
To list the possible time zones, run
$ timedatectl list-timezones
Africa/Abidjan
Africa/Accra
Africa/Addis_Ababa
Africa/Algiers
Africa/Asmara
Africa/Bamako
Africa/Bangui
Africa/Banjul
Africa/Bissau
Africa/Blantyre
...
