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From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Server system date synchronizaion
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:43:00
Message-Id: 517AE68A.6010701@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Server system date synchronizaion by Paul Hartman
1 On 26/04/2013 20:54, Paul Hartman wrote:
2 > On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 9:33 AM, Nick Khamis <symack@×××××.com> wrote:
3 >> Hello Everyone,
4 >>
5 >> We are trying to sync our server's time with an accurate ntp
6 >> server, and was wondering which of the many solutions are
7 >> considered viable. I did see the
8 >> http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Time_Synchronization.
9 >> Our services are quite time sensitive.
10 >
11 > I think the classic method is to use net-misc/ntp
12 >
13 > See the extensive article at http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/NTP for
14 > great examples and description.
15 >
16
17 Do none of us here ever deal with Windows? :-)
18
19 I notice that no-one has yet mentioned that Windows does not do ntp, as
20 Windows does not do time right, doesn't do timezones right and I
21 strongly suspect can't even do dates right (this latter still unproven)
22
23 Windows time servers need some magic Microsoft thing called ENTP which
24 is in no way related to the ntp we all know and love
25
26 --
27 Alan McKinnon
28 alan.mckinnon@×××××.com

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