Is NTP the so-called "Time of Day" service (I think on Port 7)?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anthony E. Greene [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, March 10, 2000 3:15 PM
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> Subject: Re: Time syncing
>
> "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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