NDS on NT/UNIX: Time Synchronization Management
Articles and Tips: qna
01 Sep 2000
Q.
Dear Ab-end: How is time synchronization managed on NT servers that are running NDS for NT or eDirectory Corporate Edition? In practice, my NT servers do not synchronize time by using the NetWare time synchronization protocol, yet they always have their TimeSync flags set to Yes. How about on UNIX servers running NDS?
-- Synching in Cincinatti
A.
Dear Synching: The recommended way to synchronize time in heterogenous networks is to use Network Time Protocol (NTP) software. This software is based on IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) standards and is available on all major operating systems today. Novell's TIMESYNC.NLM v5.09 and above all support NTP. Simply use the IP Address on the server with a :123 extension.
NTP software is available for Windows NT servers. A quick search of CNET's WinFiles Web site at http://www.winfiles.com shows several NTP utilities for Windows NT server. UNIX has NTP built in. For a time consumer running Sun Solaris or Red Hat 6.2, you can use NTPDATE <ipaddr> to get time from a NetWare 5.1 server. There are also many NTP provider daemons available on the UNIX platform. (Answer provided by Subbu K.K. of Novell's Business Portal Services and Trevor Davies of Novell System Engineering)
* Originally published in Novell AppNotes
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