Configure NTP for HPUX and NT

[RAKESH_12]

I have a need to configure network time protocol (NTP) between an NT server and a HPUX server running 11.00.

Can anyone give me a few hints on how to configure this and whether the NTP configuration can be used between HPUX and NT.

Thanks in advance for your assistance!

R.

[Ted Ellis_2]

can you deliver some additional information? Is one the ntp_server and the other the client? Are they both clients? Do you have s system on your network synching to something that is stratum 2? Check this link out and I think you will be in good shape:

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x5c53af48a9e5d5118ff40090279cd0f9,00.html

and here is one that discusses windows with hpux:

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0xf69393e260b0d611abdb0090277a778c,00.html

Ted

[benoit Bruckert]

hi
If the time server is HP-UX, then you can simply use samba server, and just a net time command on windows sides.
For the reverse, I don't know previous post should give you the solution.
hth
Benoit

[Tom Danzig]

I suggest you set up your HP server to sync to an external source. Then you can have your NT box poll your internal time server for syncing. There are a nomber of freeware windows based NTP clients around. Try searching the web for them. I have used one from Trimble Navigation, Ltd. which works well.

See the doc /usr/share/doc/NTP_Primer.txt on youe HP server to help you get started on the HP end. It's fairly straight forward to set up. Go to http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/clock1.htm for a listing of stratum 1 servers. Use only open access servers unless you get permission to use on of the others.

Have fun!

[John Poff]

Hi,

We have our systems configured here using an NT box as the master time server. The NT box syncs up to the Naval Observatory clock, and it provides ntp service to all the rest of our Windows and HP-UX boxes. It seems to work just fine.

It's pretty easy to configure from the HP side. We just added a host entry for the NT time server box, and edited the /etc/ntp.conf file to point the HP box to that server. We also had to set the XNTPD variable in /etc/rc.config.d/netdaemons so that the xntpd daemon would start.

JP