| Carl Johnson on 22 Feb 2012 11:36:50 -0800 |
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| Re: [PLUG] NTP rant |
The time client in windows stinks. I have used "Abouttime" in the past as a workaround. Sent from my Motorola DynaTAC 8000x Art Alexion <art.alexion@gmail.com> wrote: >Please pardon this rant. I only post because I thing others on this >list have shared this pain. > >My boss was going to spend a lot of money for an NTP appliance. There >was a pile of unused PCs in front of my desk. I told him I could turn >up an NTP appliance with existing hardware and FOSS software in short >time. He gives me the go ahead. I create a Linux server on a small >form factor Dell 740. This takes me longer than it would have but I >couldn't get it to work on an EeeBox. (I now know what I was doing >wrong and could make it happen). > >The new NTP server is up and running well. I have configured a few >Linux machines to sync with it. It is simply a matter of editing a >very small text file. I have configured a few OS X machines to sync >with it. It is just a matter of typing the IP address in a drop down >field. > >I can't get a single Windows machine -- the vast majority of our >servers and desktops -- to sync with it. In fact, two of my senior >co-workers can get it to work with windows, either. Most things we >have tried, unsuccessfully have been WAY more complicated than the >working Linux and OS X. > >None the less, Windows is making me look bad. > >Just sayin'. >___________________________________________________________________________ >Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- >http://www.phillylinux.org >Announcements - >http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce >General Discussion -- >http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug