Re: [Rockies-Edu] Setting time zone and time server
Re: [Rockies-Edu] Setting time zone and time server
- Subject: Re: [Rockies-Edu] Setting time zone and time server
- From: Corey Carson <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:17:23 -0600
One note to add. Time.apple.com is set as the secondary time server
within the script. If you do not like that you can just comment out
lines 40 and 45 or change line 40 to provide a different time server
URL. The thought is that the time server passed in the installer name
is the universty/district time server, but if the computer leaves the
school, it will still sync with an external time server
(time.apple.com). The space character between time servers in the Date
& Time system preference is a legal way of setting multiple time
server URLs.
Corey
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Corey Carson
Systems Engineer
Apple - Higher Education
Colorado, Wyoming and Montana
303.378.7193
800.800.2775 (Tier 1 Tech Support)
866.752.7753 (Tier 2 Tech Support)
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On Jun 30, 2009, at 11:01 AM, Corey Carson wrote:
We've had some challenges recently in getting the time zone and time
server to stick and have it properly deployed when using
DeployStudio or InstaDMG to build the master image. Since the time
settings are established with commands, doing a snapshot package
doesn't capture your change to "America/Denver" for time zone or
your internal time server for time synchronization. Bottom line,
this has to be done with a script.
Brent Hayward, my coworker from Iowa, solved this problem with
brilliant simplicity. He embedded a script inside a payload-free
package (a package that installs no files, just runs a script) that
will change the time zone and time server, based on what you name
the package itself. Instead of diving in and editing the script to
take on your settings, simply change the name. Check out this quick
tutorial video to see it in action.
http://web.mac.com/carson/SetMountainTimeZone.mov
You can see that the default time settings are in place (Cupertino
for time zone, and time.apple.com for the time server). I then
expand the zip file, change the name to match my settings, and run
the pkg install. Note that I named the package:
mountain,time.colorado.edu.pkg
You must have a comma in between the zone and the time server. Be
sure that .pkg is the end of the file name. You can install this
package locally on your system, remotely to your machines with Apple
Remote Desktop or as a post-install with DeployStudio. See the
attached screen shot for how to set it in DeployStudio.
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You MUST check the box for a postponed installation so that the
script can run and set the time settings. If you need to run it
again manually, it is sometimes necessary to delete the receipt left
in /Library/Receipts.
The script and package are attached. Enjoy!
Corey
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Corey Carson
Systems Engineer
Apple - Higher Education
Colorado, Wyoming and Montana
303.378.7193
800.800.2775 (Tier 1 Tech Support)
866.752.7753 (Tier 2 Tech Support)
Rockies-edu listserve:
http://lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/rockies-edu/
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