[Casper] set network time at startup?

NATHANIEL.LINDLEY at spps.org NATHANIEL.LINDLEY at spps.org
Tue Nov 4 12:19:06 PST 2008


I got Issues with timesync  on dual-boot macs. 

We have AD which is more time sensitive now and some people are having 
login issues when going back and forth between Mac OS and WinXP on 
BootCamp.   So I've been reading a lot about this and haven't found a good 
fix. 
I have the network time sync checked to time.apple.com, Windows has a 
policy to sync to time.apple.com also.   It doesn't seem to sync all the 
time but usually at start and login with local account but not with AD 
accts all the time.   I think this is partly due to the wireless not 
always loading to the known SSID before the Login Window loads. 

I'd like to set two time servers in ntpd.conf  one internal and one 
external,  for users that take their laptops home.
 then I'd like a startup trigger that says, sync network time.  I tried 
ntpdate in Terminal but it says "NTP socket is in use."  and in the 
Console, I get a lot of errors about "(org.ntp.ntpd) Unknown key: 
SHAutorizationRight"

Challenges are that this problem is not consistent on different computers, 
so it is hard to recreate.  Any other ideas for help?  And because Casper 
controls startup items and login hooks, I need to send this command using 
Casper.

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20070507030228844
http://www.macwindows.com/bootcamp.html#013008c
http://www.macwindows.com/bootcamp.html#010408x


Here are some solutions??
http://www.mazadigital.com/
http://support.apple.com/kb/TA24116?viewlocale=en_US
http://refit.sourceforge.net/
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