Re: Client time/date synchronisation

[roman.meier@gismap.ch]

Hi Wolfgang,

I'm not sure I fully understand the content of the file you sent.

Fact is that my LTSP clients don't have the correct time if the server has no internet connection, which may be perfectly normal, right?

Kind regards,
Roman

> On 04/20/2021 12:13 PM Wolfgang Schweer <w.schweer@gmx.de> wrote:
> 
>  
> LTSP switched to systemd-timesyncd, configuration is done in LDAP, see:
> 
> https://salsa.debian.org/debian-edu/debian-edu-config/-/blob/buster/cf3/cf.ntp
> 
> Wolfgang
> 
> (sent from mobile device)
> 
> Am April 20, 2021 9:30:47 AM UTC schrieb roman.meier@gismap.ch:
> >Hi Petter,
> >
> >I found a server line on the server, which is:
> >server 127.127.1.0
> >
> >There's none on the client in /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/ntp.conf though.
> >
> >Kind regards,
> >Roman
> >
> >> On 04/20/2021 10:02 AM Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com> wrote:
> >> 
> >>  
> >> [Roman Meier]
> >> > Is there another way to synchronize the time e.g. with the server
> >> > instead of the internet?
> >> 
> >> In earlier times, all clients had their /etc/ntp.conf file set up to
> >> synchronise their clocks with the server, for just this kind of
> >> scenario.  Is this no longer the case?
> >> 
> >> Look for the 'server' lines on the client and server.
> >> 
> >> -- 
> >> Happy hacking
> >> Petter Reinholdtsen