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I've looked high and low. Can anyone point me to some USEFUL information regarding how to setup Lion 10.7.3 server's Software Update Service for 10.7.3 clients? Specifically, I'm tryng to figure out how to "point" 10.7.3 Lion clients to the server for their updates. Currently, the service is on and the queue is full.
Thanks.
Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
I'm not a user of the Server version, but I did find some relevant articles that may help you here.
You can issue the following and get a complete list of how serveradmin is configured on your system - which might be a good start (issue as sudo or su depending upon your settings):
serveradmin settings all > somefilename
How hard did you look? The information isn't hard to find.
You need to set the CatalogURL setting in the com.apple.SoftwareUpdate preferences on the client.
If you have a central directory with managed users you can do this on the Open Directory server and it will propogate as users log in, otherwise you need to walk through each machine and update the preferences via something like:
sudo defaults write com.apple.SoftwareUpdate CatalogURL http://your.server.net/index.sucatalog
This is all covered in the Software Update Admin Guide.
I believe the original requester asked for Lion information. Granted, the informaiton *may* be in the manual you referenced, but to give the guy a break - you referenced a SNL server manual. And there are MANY MANY MNAY changes between Lion and Snow Leopard servers.
Please, give the guy a break. And please a softer touch wouldn't make you look like, well an AH.
Pacific123 - Indeed there's enough variance in Camelot's referenced URLs from OS to OS to be concerned - although testing the 10.6 syntax probably won't hurt anything. Despite his (or her) arrogance; props for at least getting me to a potentially useful document. What gets me about people like this, though, are his and similar responses that somehow reflect agitation (?!) at the thought of a question being asked - not to mention the implied inference that perhaps I (and we'll have to assume most others who post questions in forums) didn't exectute enough due diligence. Really!? How DARE people like us post here without first exhausting every printed word/document known to man! Let's see if I check... (hold on...) yup - it says "Apple SUPPORT Communities" at the top alright... And there is, indeed a "Start a New Discussion" link for peple to click without (I think) a "I first checked every printed word/document known to man" check box requirement...
I doubt Camelot's a "bad person or an "AH" as you may have surmised. After all he did respond - albeit grudgingly perhaps - not sure. But I digress. I only hope I never, never, NEVER - EVER end up WORKING for or with anyone with similar thought processes..
sucatalog
Kappy - thanks. I think I stopped in there but perhaps not long enough. I'll have a look.
This thread: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3310947?start=0&tstart=0
points to this KB article: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4771
entitled "Mac OS X Server v10.6: Hosting Software Updates for OS X Lion or Lion Server"
Should at least point you in the right direction. Good luck and please let us know how things turned out.
Will do many thanks again!
Do configuration instructions exist on Software Update Services for 10.7.3 clients?
