On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 10:12 AM, Andrew Latham <lath...@gmail.com> wrote: > You can add SRV records for NTP to your domain if that is what you are > asking. > Thanks. I was trying to query for it using dig and then realized I did not know if that is doable.
On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 10:16 AM, Mukund Sivaraman <m...@mukund.org> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 10:08:34AM -0400, Mauricio Tavares wrote: >> Stupid question: can I publish/query the NTP server through DNS the >> same way I can ask who is doing LDAP? > > An NTP serice doesn't belong to a domain, so maybe not (I don't know of > one off my mind). > Not necessarily; I can name a few universities and business who offer their own NTP servers to their internal systems. AFAIK, this is considered good practice. > For provisioning, there are DHCP options to do this. E.g., with ISC-DHCP > and 10.98.0.5 as the NTP server: > > subnet 10.98.0.0 netmask 255.255.0.0 { > ... > option ntp-servers 10.98.0.5; > } > > and perhaps also use "tcode" and "time-offset" options to set the > timezone. > > But a real bummer is that some DHCP clients (e.g., Android phones) do > not make use of this option, and don't even provide a config setting to > do so. IIRC they synchronize time via the cell phone signal. > Add Windows devices to the list. > Mukund _______________________________________________ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users