set

Set Linux Time Zone

January 27, 2020

Here’s another way of setting Linux time zone.

Check server time.

# check server time
date

Change to local time.

# set to local time
rm /etc/localtime
ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Los_Angeles /etc/localtime

Check server time again.

# check server time again
date

August 20, 2019

How to set up umask for a Linux user.

# sets umask for all users
vi /etc/profile
# sets umask for a user
vi ~/.bashrc

Add the following umask line to the file.

umask 0022

January 9, 2019

If you work with the vi or vim editors in Linux, sometimes it’s nice to be able to see the line numbers display on the editor.

Turn it on.

vim filename
:set number

Turn it off.

vim filename
:set nonumber