Overview

Symptom

The time zone is set correctly in Linux, but FTP reports incorrect timestamps. Closer inspection reveals that the FTP timestamps are set to GMT instead of following the correctly set timezone.

Requirements

Before you start, please have these handy:

• Root access and SSH access to your (dv)
• A basic understanding of the Vim editor

Note: The authoritative source for this information can be found at the following link: http://proftpd.org/docs/directives/linked/config_ref_TimesGMT.html

Instructions

1. Connect to your server via SSH.
2. Open up /etc/proftpd.conf with vi to edit:

   vi /etc/proftpd.conf

3. Navigate to this section:

   <Global>
   DefaultRoot     ~  psacln
   AllowOverwrite     on
   </Global>
   

4. Next, add TimesGMT off to the last line before </Global>, like so:

   <Global>
   DefaultRoot     ~  psacln
   AllowOverwrite     on
   TimesGMT           off
   </Global>
   

5. Finally, restart xinetd:

   /etc/init.d/xinetd restart

Resources

• ProFTPD.org: Configuration Directive List