Snow Leopard users: Turn off automatic date and time in System Preferences immediately

I build a quick and easy installer using my newly complied binaries, if you don't feel comfortable compiling your own code.

Note: I searched for the solution online, compiled it and put it in an installer package to make it easier. Of course Install at your own risk, but it worked on my MacBook Pro i7 and MacBook Air Core 2 Duo both running 10.6.8.

You can download my installer from here.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxQCbeIgpA2uYzBOSktXM3F0VjA/view?usp=sharing

1) install package

It will install the following files and should: (version of ntp 4.2.8)

/usr/bin/sntp

/usr/bin/ntp-keygen

/usr/bin/ntpq

/usr/sbin/ntpdc

/usr/sbin/ntpdate

/usr/sbin/ntpd

2) Reboot or Open the system preferences - Date & Time - uncheck Set date and time automatically (to stop the process) and check it again to start the ntpd again using the new binary,

Here is the correct link to the installer. (I can't update/edit the link on my previous post)

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0BxQCbeIgpA2uVjFiN1h4bGZNQ2c&usp=sharing

I am seriously beginning not to trust Apple. Failing to cover the security needs of a well regarded and popular OS is dreadful. It is tantamount to forcing people to upgrade when it could involve them in considerable on-costs in terms of replacing existing PPC programs or upgrading HDs. Big thank you, WZZZ, for drawing our attention to this matter.

Having run the installer - how do I check to make sure I'm now up to date?

The way I know, is to check the ntp version per command line. If it's not updated, the version will be version 4.2.4 (or something else than 4.2.8) on OS X 10.6.8

1) open Terminal.app (located in the utilities folder)

2) type the following or copy/paste and return: sudo ntpd --version

3) enter your computer admin password and it should return the version as below.

ntpd 4.2.8@1.3265-o Wed Dec 24 18:19:07 UTC 2014 (1)

Note: You can check the version of the other binaries the same way: sudo ntpd --version , sudo ntp-keygen --version, etc.

or check the file dates in /usr/bin and /use/sbin.

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Thanks!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for taking the time to produce an installer ! It worked a treat for me.

Thank you very much for the executable package. At the same download address, and with your permission, I also dowloaded the ShellShock fix which I still hadn't applied to my macs. Both of them seem to have done the trick. We should stick together and try to provide among ourselves "unofficial" support to this wonderful OS. I'm not in the mood of "following" this new yearly OS X updates schedule neither buying a new equipment when the two I own develop an absolutely awesome peformance in every task I need. Programmed obsolescence? Of course, but not with me. Maybe next time it will be Fedora + non internet connection OS X Snow Leopard.

You are welcome and I'm glad it worked and that I could help. Personally, I will be using Snow Leopard for a long time.

Thank you for taking the time and effort to help those still using Snow Leopard, it's appreciated. 🙂

flatsixracer wrote:

Here is the correct link to the installer.

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0BxQCbeIgpA2uVjFiN1h4bGZNQ2c&usp=sharing

Thank you flatsixracer.