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What is true about the file /etc/localtime?

  • A. It is a plain text file containing a string such as Europe/Berlin
  • B. It is created and maintained by the NTP service based on the location of the system's IP address.
  • C. It is a symlink to /sys/device/clock/ltime and always contains the current local time.
  • D. After changing this file, newtzconfig has to be run to make the changes effective.
  • E. It is either a symlink to or a copy of a timezone information file such as /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Berlin.
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Roger95
Highly Voted 1 year, 9 months ago
Selected Answer: E
[root@rhel8-02 ~]# stat /etc/localtime File: /etc/localtime -> ../usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York it links to /usr/share/zoneinfo///
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YaFoo
Highly Voted 1 year, 11 months ago
E. Correct -It is a symbolic link to /usr/share/zoneinfo/*/* -It is not plain text
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klever
Most Recent 8 months, 1 week ago
It is not a plain text, it is a binary file. If you run cat /etc/localtime you will just see a bunch of cipher/random text
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