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?
Hasn't NetTime been abandoned? Anyways, how about pointing the NetTime
client on the WinBox to the NetTime Server on the Winbox. Then have a
separate NTP client update the time when net access is available.
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