[CentOS] Re: NTP server
Scott Silva
ssilva at sgvwater.com
Fri Feb 1 21:57:12 UTC 2008
on 2/1/2008 1:29 PM John R Pierce spake the following:
> Scott Silva wrote:
>> on 2/1/2008 12:03 PM Dennis McLeod spake the following:
>>> XP command line:
>>>
>>> net time \\servername returns what?
>>>
>>> Perhaps the response will give a clue.
>>>
>>>
>>> To set it:
>>>
>>> net time \\servername /set /yes
>> Net time is only used to set time from a domain controller, not an ntp
>> server.
>> They use two completely different protocols.
>
>
> however,
>
> NET TIME /SETSNTP:ip-of-ntp-server
>
> WILL set the windows 'internet time' server IP.
>
> NET TIME /QUERYSNTP
>
> will show the current 'internet time' server(s).
>
> note that the default Windows NTP client is really braindead, it just
> 'sets' the system clock once a day, its not a proper NTP
> implementation. for most users, this is fine, but realize oddities can
> happen like the clock being set back a few seconds such that a given
> time happens twice.
I stand partially corrected, as the originally posted command line of
"net time \\servername /set /yes" would not query a ntp server.
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