Jeremy Turner wrote: > On Mon, 2002-09-09 at 17:34, Kent West wrote: > >>I've been using ntpdate to set the clock on my Woody box for some time, >>but recently our MS-oriented Administrator updated our PDC and BDC >>domain controllers to Windows 2000 in order to implement Active >>Directory. Today I noticed that ntpdate no longer works when pointing to >>our (MS-Windows) ntp time server. If I point it to a Solaris time >>server, no problem. A WinXP machine I just tested on is able to get the >>time from our ntp time server. >> >>So my question; does anyone know if Microsoft has thrown something into >>W2K/XP/ActiveDirectory to break ntp services to non-MS clients? >> >>Thanks! >> >>Kent > > > Hi Kent, > > I'm going back through my archives of debian-user and found your post > with no public replies. > > I use ntpdate on Woody pointed at a Windows 2000 Server box (acting as a > Domain Controller) and it pulls the time okay. I wonder if there's an > extra service that you might need to enable on the Win2k box? > > Jeremy > >
I don't know. My Windows System Admin says that Active Directory uses ntp (and he questions whether Linux uses that or some other protocol), but since my Debian box stopped working with it, I was just wondering if Microsoft's ntp is just a tad tainted, like so many of their other "industry standard" protocols. At any rate, it's only an academic question, as I've pointed my Debian box to a Solaris ntp server instead of the "official" campus Windows-based server, and that satisfies my immediate need. Thanks for the response! Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
