[OpenIndiana-discuss] How to configure user's locale - is this broken?

[James Madgwick]

On Tue, 26 Aug 2025 16:25:21 +0200
"Udo Grabowski (IMKASF)" <udo.grabowski at kit.edu> wrote:

> On 26-08-2025 15:28, James Madgwick wrote:
> > On Tue, 26 Aug 2025 13:48:04 +0200
> > ....
> > For now, config file based configuration will have to do.
> 
> You may also want to check the system default itself:
> 
> # cat /etc/default/init
> #
> TZ=Europe/Berlin
> CMASK=022
> LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
> 

That was all as expected. The problem was an unexpected override in
/var/cache/lightdm/dmrc - mentioned earlier in the thread.

I've created a PR to add locale details to the OI docs:
https://github.com/OpenIndiana/oi-docs/pull/283
Any reviews from the community would be appreciated.

One final question is if locale can be set using SMF? This is what the
Solaris 11 documentation covers:
https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E23824_01/html/E24456/glmwl.html
If so, then why can both methods be used and why is SMF not used?