Hi, If i am not mistaken, # ntpdate -u IP / FQDN OF-NTPD[Time-Server] should sync the time from time server. In your case M$-Box If there is error......... Check you network. I suggest you to read the man page for the same. Also you can call this from cron Sanjay Amin.
--- On Fri, 6/27/08, Prashant Karmankar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Prashant Karmankar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [LinuxVadaPav] Re: Time Sync from Windows Machine To: [email protected] Date: Friday, June 27, 2008, 7:10 PM --- In linuxvadapav@ yahoogroups. com, "Nadeem M. Khan" <nadeem.m.khan@ ...> wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 4:59 PM, Prashant Karmankar > <prashantredhat@ ...> wrote: > > > when i start ntpd and run ntpq -p windows_NTP- server-ip it shows > > request time out even for linux_NTP server also it show same error .. > > but when i run "npdate -u linux_NTP-server- ip" it update time.. no > > need to start ntpd service or edit ntp.conf file on NTP client machine > > to run ntpdate command. > > Okay, what port does your windows ntp server run on? > > on linux, > ntpq -i > ntpq> host windows-ip-address > ntpq>peers > > can you post the output of that? > also, if the above fails, try with 1270.0.01 instead of windows-ip-address. > > Regards, > NMK. > > -- > First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. > Then you win. -- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi > ntpq> host windows-ip-address show ***command unknown**** ntpq> peers show remote server ip address (windows_NTP/ Linux_NTP) i read on google that.. only SMB is the option to sync time of Linux machine form windows otherwise you have to purchase ntp server for windows Basically, both UNIX (pure TCP/IP) and Windows (SMB over TCP/IP) have their ways of time synchronization. Thanks And Regards Prashant K [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
