It gets around the domain membership requirement for your non-domain boxes.
Of course, with the W32Time piece working correctly, there's no need to go to a third party app. -------- Roger Seielstad E-mail Geek & MS-MVP > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Charlie Kaiser > Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 7:13 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] W32Time and *nix > > So if our core switch is currently configured to sync with an > outside time source, and our AD picks it up from there, what, > if anything, would be the advantage of using an app like K9 > or About Time? Or would that be more appropriate for an > environment that didn't lend itself (for tech or territorial > reasons) to using an infrastructure component as a time source? > > ********************** > Charlie Kaiser > MCSE, CCNA > Systems Engineer > Essex Credit / Brickwalk > 510 595 5083 > ********************** > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Roger > > Seielstad > > Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 8:50 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] W32Time and *nix > > > > You could also grab a copy of K9 and sync time with it > > > > -------- > > Roger Seielstad > > E-mail Geek & MS-MVP > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charlie > > > Kaiser > > > Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 11:01 AM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] W32Time and *nix > > > > > > Maybe try what we did; set the AD time source to be a router or > > > switch that can act as a time server. That router or switch then > > > connects to an external time source. Different flavors of > time synch > > > can then connect to that router or switch and get time... > That way, > > > you also don't have to have a connection open on the time > ports into > > > your DC... > > > > > > ********************** > > > Charlie Kaiser > > > MCSE, CCNA > > > Systems Engineer > > > Essex Credit / Brickwalk > > > 510 595 5083 > > > ********************** > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > > Creamer, Mark > > > > Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 10:51 AM > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > Subject: [ActiveDir] W32Time and *nix > > > > > > > > Folks, I'd like to throw this back out for comments if I can. > > > > A while back I asked about using our current W32Time > server, the > > > > forest root AD box, as the > > > authoritative > > > > time server for the non-Windows clients on our network. I > > > haven't had > > > > any luck getting this to work. If I remember correctly, > > > W32Time is a > > > > derivation of the NTP protocol, (is it SNTP maybe??). > > > > Anyway, nothing I've tried enables the Linux and Unix > > boxes to sync > > > > with this server. One article I read said it will not > > work, but you > > > > obviously can't rely on everything posted on the net :-) > > > > > > > > Am I missing something, or do I need to maybe look at a > 3rd party > > > > solution to handle all of the time services? What are > some of you > > > > using for this situation? Thanks! > > > > > > > > Mark Creamer > > > > > > > > This e-mail transmission contains information that is > > > intended to be > > > > confidential and privileged. If you receive this e-mail > > > and you are > > > > not a named addressee you are hereby notified that you are not > > > > authorized to read, print, retain, copy or disseminate this > > > > communication without the consent of the sender and that > > > doing so is > > > > prohibited and may be unlawful. Please reply to the message > > > > immediately by informing the sender that the message was > > > misdirected. > > > > After replying, please delete and otherwise erase it and any > > > > attachments from your computer system. Your assistance in > > > correcting > > > > this error is appreciated. Thank you. Cintas Corporation. > > > > > > > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > > > > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > > > > List archive: > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > > > > > > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > > > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > > > List archive: > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > > > > > > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > > List archive: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
