Timezone Error

If you are calling a command in a script you want to use back ticks...

systemsetup=/usr/sbin/systemsetup

Though I am not sure why you would do this in the first place and not
just call the full path in the command? Unless I am missing something
here?

-Tom

Back ticks would set systemsetup (variable) to the result of executing /usr/sbin/systemsetup, unless I'm missing something. And I agree, why not just use the full path when setting the time zone.

When configured in the Build, does it run after first reboot? Startup item..

leslie

Try using single quotes:

#!/bin/sh
systemsetup='/usr/sbin/systemsetup'

$systemsetup -settimezone Asia/Kolkata

Leslie N. Helou
Senior Systems Engineer
Bell Techlogix
8888 Keystone Crossing, Suite 1700
Indianapolis, IN 46240
317.704.6408

If you're not opposed to using Casper's Managed Preferences (MCX) then I
On 7/28/11 9:39 AM, "Wojda, John" <John.Wojda at searshc.com> wrote:
suggest using that. It works great for me here, including our office in
India. Plus, it's one place to set rather than running a script on each
machine.

Domain: com.apple.MCX
Apply To: System Level Enforced
Key Name: timeZone
Type: String
Value: Asia/Kolkata

--

William Smith
Technical Analyst
Merrill Communications LLC
(651) 632-1492

We seem to have some kind of binding issue, the users can't login w/o the right timezone set it seems.

When I try to create the MCX it only goes to user level enforced or unmanaged... it doesn't give the option of system level...

Will try it and see how it works!

Thank you!

John Wojda
Lead System Engineer, DEI & Mobility
3333 Beverly Rd.  B2-338B
Hoffman Estates, IL 60179
Phone:  (847)286-7855
Page:  (224)532.3447
Team Lead DEI: Matt Beiriger
Team Lead Mobility: Chris Sta Ana
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"Any time you choose to be inflexible in your approach to an unpredictable project you are already building failure into your plan"

When is the script trying to run? If you are trying to run the script whilst the machine is netbooted, then it will almost certainly fail as it will try and change the time in the netboot image and not the netinstall image. You need to run this after the machine has rebooted onto the deployed image.

Just a thought.

Sean

Regarding the login issue, it could be due to the difference in time between the client and the authentication server. Kerberos (e.g. if you're using AD) requires a close synchronization of times. IIRC, the default clock skew is 5 minutes, which is a lot less than a timezone difference.

-Charlie

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Charlie Smith
Desktop Engineer
Information Services Department (ISD)
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood St. Lexington, MA 02420
Phone: 781.981.0854
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Binding doesn't care about time zone. Only the minutes off by the top of
the hour.

When creating your Managed Preference, select the Definition tab at the
top of the window and select Computer Level: Allowed. (I actually select
all to be Allowed so that I can change them later if I need.) This will
affect what you're able to select in the Apply To drop down menu.

If that doesn't make sense then let me know. I can send a screenshot.

--

William Smith
Technical Analyst
Merrill Communications LLC
(651) 632-1492

I used to call the below post imaging  as part of my post imaging policy. Is based on a script from the resource kit.

# HARDCODED VALUES ARE SET HERE
timeServer=""
timeZone=" "

# CHECK TO SEE IF A VALUE WAS PASSED IN PARAMETER 4 AND, IF SO, ASSIGN TO "timeServer"
if [ "$4" != "" ] && [ "$timeServer" == "" ];then
    timeServer=$4
fi

if [ "$5" != "" ] && [ "$timeZone" == "" ]; then
    timeZone=$5
fi

####################################################################################################
# 
# SCRIPT CONTENTS - DO NOT MODIFY BELOW THIS LINE
#
####################################################################################################

OS=/usr/bin/defaults read /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion ProductVersion | awk '{print substr($1,1,4)}'

if [ "$timeServer" != "" ]; then
if [[ "$OS" < "10.5" ]]; then
echo "Setting network time server to: $timeServer..."
/System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Support/systemsetup -setnetworktimeserver $timeServer
/System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Support/systemsetup -setusingnetworktime on
else
echo "Setting network time server to: $timeServer..."
/usr/sbin/systemsetup -setnetworktimeserver $timeServer
/usr/sbin/systemsetup -setusingnetworktime on
fi
else
echo "Error:  The parameter 'timeServer' is blank.  Please specify a time server."
fi

sleep 5

OS=/usr/bin/defaults read /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion ProductVersion | awk '{print substr($1,1,4)}'

if [ "$timeZone" != "" ]; then
if [[ "$OS" < "10.5" ]]; then
echo "Setting time zone for OS $OS..."
/System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Support/systemsetup -settimezone "$timeZone"
echo "Refreshing the clock in the Menu Bar..."
/usr/bin/killall SystemUIServer
else
echo "Setting time zone for OS $OS..."
/usr/sbin/systemsetup -settimezone "$timeZone"
echo "Refreshing the clock in the Menu Bar..."
/usr/bin/killall SystemUIServer
fi
else
echo "Error:  The parameter 'timeZone' is blank.  Please specify a valid time zone."
fi

It doesn't make sense, but I understand it anyway.