From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Miguel =?iso-8859-1?Q?Gonz=E1lez=20Casta=F1os?= Subject: Re: Synchronation between windows 2k and redhat linux Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 17:13:22 +0200 Sender: linux-admin-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <3EC8F492.41622B46@tid.es> References: <3EC8E684.60F145F0@tid.es> <3EC8E936.7B203B2A@tid.es> <62011.212.219.213.253.1053354820.squirrel@jharris.homeip.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Return-path: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Jamie Harris Cc: linux-admin@vger.kernel.org Hi, I have downloaded rdate and try to connect to the PDC and It doesnt work...I dont find any docs about it... Any ideas? Many thanks Miguel Jamie Harris ha escrito: > > I am considering that possibility, but I didnt want to bother the Windows > > admin. I have > > read some about rdate, but is it reliable and secure? I read some comments > > not > > recommending it... > > I don't believe that rdate is either. Then again I haven't come accross > security as being a mojor concern of any time clients... > > > Which approach would be better? To sync the PDC with any of my linux > > boxes or use rdate? > > I'm not sure to be honest. If you don't need seriously accurate time (ntp > levels of accuracy) then I wouldn't have thought there would be a big > difference either way. Having said that I'm not sure how Win2K ADS reacts > to the system clock (potentially) going backwards after a sync. > > cheers > > Jamie... > > -- > ** This message was transmitted on 100% recycled electrons ** > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html