"Tanner, Robby" wrote:
>
> Should you not be able to write a service that uses the NetRemoteTOD API
> call? Is the time syncing to be done in a heterogeneous environment
> (Linux/WinNT/Novell) etc?
> I remember the initial question, but what are everyone's requirements? I'd
> like to write a generic little something that does it all (wouldn't we all
> though).
There are already two basic possibilities. The more robust and
platform-independent approach is NTP, for which software is already
available on each platform. The other approach is whatever SMB uses, which
requires a Windows box or a UNIX/Linux box running Samba as the local time
server.
No need to reinvent the wheel, just choose the solution that best fits your
situation.
In my environment, I don't need extremely accurate timekeeping. I just want
to be confident that my boxes aren't drifting too far off time. Since I work
in a Windows environment, I choose to sync my Linux/Samba box to a reliable
source using rdate, then sync all my Winboxes to the Linux box using the SMB
time protocol. In my environment, NTP is more work than it's worth.
Tony
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