samba - Jun 2003 - Accepting Time Server

If samba and xntpd are running, you're done!  Samba is a time server.

Setting the smb.conf parameter "time server = yes" will cause Samba to
advertise itself as a time server in the browse list through nmbd.
Regardless of this setting, clients can still set their time with the "net
time" command.

          -Mike MacIsaac, IBM  mikemac at us.ibm.com   (845) 433-7061



SoloCDM <deedsmis@aculink.net>@lists.samba.org on 06/06/2003 01:04:52 AM

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How do I configure Samba 2.2.7a to act as a time server in Mandrake
8.0 for the Microsoft workstations?  I know about ntpd and how
it's configured.

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hi,

you have to put this line in your global smb.conf

time server = yes

and you have to make samba as domain logon for login script to run in your
win box
i guess you allready knew about running login script, so i am not going to
spit it here
if you don't you can always ask

thanks

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From: SoloCDM <deedsmis@aculink.net>
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Subject: [Samba] Accepting Time Server

> How do I configure Samba 2.2.7a to act as a time server in Mandrake
> 8.0 for the Microsoft workstations?  I know about ntpd and how
> it's configured.
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On Sat, 2003-06-07 at 16:36, SoloCDM wrote:
> How does Microsoft Windows know to grab the time off the Linux server?
In regards to Samba's time service the Windows system simply performs a
"net time /set" command, executed manually or via a script.
> Is ntpd needed on the Linux server to execute net time?
Not to use Samba's time service which emulates the NT4 time service.

Samba's time service is most useful for Win9x systems as there are no
security constraints that prevent the above "net time /set" command
from
properly executing. For Windows 2k/XP, users without admin privileges
cannot succesfully execute said command so its usefulness in a log on
script for these machines is normally dubious. For Win2k/XP it is more
desirable to run an ntp server and use the "net time /setsntp:1.2.3.4"
where 1.2.3.4 represents the IP address of the ntp server command and
these systems will sync periodically with said ntp server.

In my case I run both xntpd and the Samba time service. If the logon
script finds a Win9x/ME box it runs the proper "net time /set"
command,
otherwise it doesn't as the 2k and XP boxes will use the ntp service.

> How does Microsoft Windows know to grab the time off the Linux server?
As I said:
  "clients can still set their time with the "net time"
command."
The synax is "net time \\sambaServer /set /yes
This can be run interactively from a DOS prompt, in an autoexec.bat, or in
a netlogon startup script
> Is ntpd needed on the Linux server to execute net time?
No, Samba is. xntpd is needed for an accurate software clock.

          -Mike MacIsaac, IBM  mikemac at us.ibm.com   (845) 433-7061