topic Re: time server in Operating System - HP-UX

time server

Ed Velasco — Mon, 15 May 2006 00:45:04 GMT

Hi Experts,

I would like to synchronize the time between our Unix and Windows servers in such a way that the Unix gets its time from the Windows server.

How would i do this?

Thanks i advance for your help.

Regards,
Ed

Re: time server

Warren_9 — Mon, 15 May 2006 01:10:36 GMT

hi,

1. setup the time service on Windows.
2. configure a cron job to run "ntpdate -b {windows server}"

since the windows time service is not compitable to the NTPD on hp-ux, you cannot configure the xntpd on hp-ux to sync with windows time server.

suggest to use ntpdate or windows sync with UNIX.

GOOD LUCK!!

Re: time server

Steven Protter — Mon, 15 May 2006 01:18:42 GMT

Shalom Ed,

The built in time service on Windows 2000 Server was not standards compliant. That means that Unix machines may be unable to use Windows as a time source.

This issue was corrected later and can be corrected if encountered by the addition of third party time service into the Windows.

Windows does not seem to have any issues taking time from a Unix time source.

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