Sync Ubuntu Time with a Windows Server

[cjwallace]

Guys,

I know this is not a Zabbix issue but is related to Zabbix in a round about way.

I would like to sync the time on my Ubuntu install with my Primary Domain Controller which is a windows server 2003 box.

On windows it is easy net time blah blah blah but how can i do the same on Ubuntu

Cheers

Craig

[rue]

...samba

Hi,

install Samba:

"sudo apt-get install samba" (hope this will be enough)

then do the time synchronisation via crontab, eg. once per day at 0:00h:

"0 0 * * * /usr/bin/net TIME SET"

Works for me ;o)

Cheers

Rü

[Tenzer]

You could also just use ntpdate which is installed on most distros per default: ntpdate ip.address.to.server

[fast.ryder]

Windows NTP Server

Hello!

By default, Windows does not start an NTP-compliant time server that any client can poll for time values.

You have to change the server type to NTP and the server´s auto-update time client to NTP, also.

Here are some links with the info:

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B816042&x=14&y=20

Cheers,

Ivo Pereira
IT Consultant
Portugal