"Malcolm Baldridge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote >> a) Ability to set clock by "net time ..." don't depend on value of this >> parameter on SAMBA server.
>I don't know if Samba supports the call if you don't specify that. But I do. It's wery simple test to verify it. >> b) Ability to set clock by net time on NT and subsequent Windows is based >> on system rights of current user, and so it is not sure to work. >Correct. Consumer Windows [95/98/Me] let you do it unconditionally. OK. Win9x/ME have no security politics. My problem are NT, 2k, XP - user account must be at least in "Power Users" group to be able to do it. >> c) Setting clock during execution of login script is dependent on user >> logging and then accurancy of clock depends on frequency of logging in. >Correct. And it's not very precise either. I think +/- 0.5 second is the >best you can expect, and it's probably not even that good. It's not NTP, >nor does it condition the system's clocks. You're better off using W32Time >for NTP, which comes built-in with Windows 2000, and is an easily obtained >download for Windows NT. Yes, ntp is the solution, but my original question was what is purpose of that fucking option ?! M.V. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
