Re: Time sync to Windows. How?
Should get you going:
http://www.google.com/search?q=ntp+windows
j
On Friday 14 July 2006 13:07, marc wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've managed to get Linux through the door at a client's site <whoop,
> applause> However, it is necessary to time sync desktop client's to a
> Windows server. (This is a strict requirement for reasons that I won't
> go into. Yes, I know how trivial it would be with a Linux server, etc.)
>
> Windows has a "service" called Windows Time, but I haven't managed to
> sync to it from the Linux boxes. Is it possible?
>
> In an attempt to approach this in a sane manner, I installed NetTIme on
> a Windows box for testing. This worked, up to a point - the Linux boxes
> could sync to it - but it has a huge flaw in that it refuses to act as a
> time server when it can't access the sources it syncs from - who designs
> this stuff? Since the server s not always connected to the net, this
> means that the clients lose sync, which is not acceptable in this case.
>
> Basically, all I need is a time service on Windows that will sync when
> sources are available, but continue to allow clients to sync to it when
> they are not.
>
> Any ideas or suggestions?
>
> --
> Best,
> Marc
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