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?