On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 9:37 AM, David Burgess <[email protected]> wrote:

> I built a fresh client image on a 10.04 server and both the
> SHUTDOWN_TIME and TIMESERVER options are working. I assumed I had
> messed something up when building my 10.10 image and broken these, so
> I then rebuilt my 10.10 client image from scratch, but was surprised
> to see that neither of these options is working on the fresh 10.10
> image.

I stripped my 10.04 chroot to exactly mirror the 10.10 chroot:

# deborphan -an
main/misc                 ltsp-client
main/misc                 lockfile-progs
main/net                    tcpdump
main/admin                acpid
main/metapackages   linux-image-generic
main/net                   openssh-server
main/net                    ltspfs
main/admin                dmsetup
main/metapackages   ubuntu-minimal
main/admin                deborphan

Still, the 10.04 client queries the TIMERSERVER and shuts down on
schedule, while the 10.10 client does neither.

The only other difference I can think of is that the 10.10 client is
on a vlan with no DNS and no routing, while the 10.04 client has DNS
and internet access. Both are able to connect to their respective LTSP
server. Both connect to the same Windows RDP server (which listens on
both vlans with separate NICs), and both should be using the same
TIMESERVER (using separate IP addresses, corresponding to the
connected vlan).

I've looked at the cron files and ntpdate files in the chroot, but I
don't know enough about the system to spot any differences or
problems. I haven't modified any of these since building the chroots
or client images.

I think I can say with a high degree of confidence that there appears
to be a regression from Ubuntu 10.04 to 10.10 with regards to the
TIMESERVER and SHUTDOWN_TIME variables, in that they don't work for
reasons that I have not been able to discern thus far.

db

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