Topic: time service

[mike mattos]

Can a 5.5 system be accessed remotely as a time server?  I'm using D4 or XP locally to set work station times, but I'd like to be able to tell if the servers I support are actually updating by running a script

something along the lines of
set local time from a timeserver, save time
set time from a client's server
compare to good time
if the difference more than 30 seconds, send myself an email

but I don't seem to be able to get a connection  via the internet to the server

eg  net time \sme works locally
     net time \(my fixed ip address)  does not work

thanks
mike

[Chaloner Hale]

NET TIME /setsntp:yourdomain.com

[Chaloner Hale]

If its anything like W2K, you then need to set the "Windows Time" service to start automatically. I set my SME server to sysnc with time.nrc.ca (National Research Council) and then each station to sync with the SME server.

All my workstations have the right time.

[mike mattos]

NET TIME /setsntp:yourdomain.com didn't work
NET TIME /set sntp:yourdomain.com didn't either
NET TIME sntp:yourdomain.com /set either

I was testing on an NT 4.0 system, it has a /set option,

I received domain controller errors when I tried to access a server using

net time stnp:somewebserver.com /set  

remember, the client is NOT a member of the domain, but you'd think that a web server could supply the time without using a lot of html!  ( that is another option, but it really complicates things)

[Chaloner Hale]

Try net time /? for command line options.

[tibor]

NET TIME \YOUR_SME_SERVER_WINDOWS_NAME /SET /YES