Re: samba time server

[Jürgen Leibner <juergen@leibner.eu>]

On Saturday 27 October 2012 22:52 Samuel Krempp wrote:
> As I am starting to add Win7 workstations into our SkoleLinux network, I
> noticed the time is off under windows. I understood why (see details
> below if interested), and fixing that led me to notice smb.conf does not
> specify anything about the time server option, wich is "no" by default.
> 
> wouldn't it be better to specify
> time server = yes
> so that workstations in the domain get proper time syncing from tjener
> rather than rely on default windows settings ?
> I'm actually not sure this line would indeed work as I'm writing from
> home, I'll check on the workstations monday.
> 
> details about my issue :
> Our router has some weird ports blocked, including some necessary for
> ntp. End result : workstations don't get synced unless they are set to
> sync with local server (because the default time servers are blocked)

Isn't it that tjener serves ntp and has logon scripts for windows to set the 
time on windows workstations?

Maybe that the entry  'time server = yes' in smb.conf is good, but I never 
tested it on tjener.

Greetings
Jürgen Leibner