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... => get Internet time  |||| OTHERHOSTS NTP Client - COINTAINER - SambaMember  - Point ntp to HOST_its_NTP_Service   OTHERHOST-Random-linux server. -  Point ntp client to HOST_its_NTP_Service     Only thing here what i dont know, .. Rowland, can you tell this?   Does samba "need" the ntp_sigd socket to provide the time over AD? Because imo not, if you setup a server with a hardware time clock to sync with, then there is alo no ntp running. (preffered yes, but not oblicated) But i dont know how thats programmed in samba.     Greetz,   Louis   Van: Viktor Trojanovic [mailto:viktor at...

...OTHERHOSTS NTP Client - COINTAINER - SambaMember  - Point ntp to > HOST_its_NTP_Service > OTHERHOST-Random-linux server. -  Point ntp client to > HOST_its_NTP_Service >   > Only thing here what i dont know, .. Rowland, can you tell this? >   > Does samba "need" the ntp_sigd socket to provide the time over AD? Yes and then again, no Yes, if you are going to use the DC as a time source. No, if you don't use the DC as a time source. All that is required is that all domain computers are within 5 minutes of each other, how you do this is up to you. Best practice is...

...TAINER - SambaMember - Point ntp to > > HOST_its_NTP_Service > > OTHERHOST-Random-linux server. - Point ntp client to > > HOST_its_NTP_Service > > > > Only thing here what i dont know, .. Rowland, can you tell this? > > > > Does samba "need" the ntp_sigd socket to provide the time over AD? > > Yes and then again, no > > Yes, if you are going to use the DC as a time source. > No, if you don't use the DC as a time source. > > All that is required is that all domain computers are within 5 minutes > of each other, how you do...

I’m currently trying to install a new (primary) AD DC in a Linux container. It seems to me that being in a container, the DC is easier to maintain and backup than on bare metal, and I prefer a container over a VM for performance reasons. If the container setup will prove to be too much of hassle, I’ll switch to a VM, though. The first issue I’m facing is time synchronization. An container cannot