Re: Changing a Binary Value in the Registry? (Topic Tilt to NTP)

From: W. Watson (wolf_tracks_at_invalid.inv)
Date: 01/06/05 

Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2005 00:50:43 GMT

Vanguard wrote:

> "W. Watson" <wolf_tracks@invalid.inv> wrote in message
> news:nVYCd.1389$v76.157@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net...
>
>> Well, the XP boot and the ntp restart didn't change a thing. Linux
>> didn't sync its time with XP.
>>
>> --
>> Wayne T. Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA)
>> (121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time)
>> Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet
>>
>> Web Page: <home.earthlink.net/~mtnviews>
>
>
>
> Are you running an NTP server on the Windows host (to which the Linux
> host will synchronize)? Or are you trying to synchronize the other way
> around (the Windows host gets the sync from the NTP server on the Linux
> host)? I don't remember Windows XP coming with an NTP server since it
> is a workstation OS.
>
> If you are doing the latter case and trying to get Windows' NTP client
> to connect to the NTP server on your Linux host, did you configure the
> NTP client on Windows to point at the NTP server on your Linux host?
>
> Configure recovery:
> - Run the NT Services applet (services.msc).
> - Select the "Windows Time" service.
> - Open its properties.
> - Configure what recover modes you want.
>
> Configure the NTP client:
> - Double-click the clock in the system notification area (i.e., system
> tray). Or use the "Date and Time" applet in Control Panel (timedate.cpl).
> - Click the "Internet Time" tab to display it.
> - Enable and configure the NTP client to connect to your Linux host's
> NTP server.
>
> Does it work now?
>
> Also, there is no interval that you can configure the Windows NTP client
> to poll the NTP server for an update. I suspect the only time that
> Windows will sync with your Linux server is when you load Windows (or
> possibly when you login although I doubt it). I know when I had to use
> the Novell login manager that its NTP function only synchronized once
> when you logged it. If you remain logged in indefinitely then you never
> do another time sync.
>
> I use Socketwatch to keep my workstation sychronized. However, it is
> setup to poll lots of external 2nd and 3rd level time servers from its
> list, and I've never figured out how to edit its list to get it to
> always use one particular time server. There are other utilities out
> there, like Atomic Clock, that might let you specify a specific time
> server. Since I'm not running any NTP servers, having Socketwatch go
> out and find the best one works best in my situation.
>
I want to sync the linux box, astropc, from the xp pro box, solarblast. If I
understand the above, it looks like they are for the opposite situation. My xp
machine is the workhorse. The linux box runs an application 24/7. A chron job there
that updates the time from xp every 4-6 hours would probably be just fine.

Here's an aside. If instead of booting in linux, I can boot to w2k on astropc. In
this case, I can execute a net time cmd and get w2k to sync from xp pro. 

-- 
              Wayne T. Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA)
                  (121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time)
                   Obz Site:  39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet
                         Web Page: <home.earthlink.net/~mtnviews>

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