Hi all. I'm new to this forum and Linux in general. Last month I ran into a problem at work and never got around to solving it.
We have an old Linux workstation that synchs its time to a Windows XP machine running w32time. The version of ntpdate is 4.2.0.a running on Linux kernel 2.6.17.6. It is able to synch with the XP ntp server without any problems.
Now here is my issue... We are purchasing a new RHEL workstation (6.4) with ntpdate 4.2.4p8 installed and can't get it to synch with the same XP ntp server. We are able to get it to synch with w32time running on Windows Server 2000. However, switching to Windows Server 2000 is not an option because the applications we developed work on XP only.
Below is the verbose response from the ntpdate command.
Any help is appreciated. We don't have the new workstation on hand at the moment (the testing was done on a loaner unit from the manufacturer that we had to send back) so if you can replicate the setup and get it working that would be awesome.
Edit: edited to add that the systems are on a standalone, offline network. The actual time does not have to be accurate, but they all need to be synched to the XP system clock.
Thanks,
Albert
Windows XP Time Server Windows 2008 Time Server
Last edited by rathauneek; 04-15-2014 at 03:09 PM..
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