Multiple Windows machine are exactly 24 seconds behind multiple UNIX machines?

-sc

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com]
> Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 10:21 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Why is Windows Time service crap?
> 
> I set up redundant time servers.  When I do a ntpq -p on all the Unix
> servers, everything is in line with each other.  It appears the Windows
> servers are the ones that are off.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com]
> Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 8:02 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Why is Windows Time service crap?
> 
> Do you know for a fact that your UNIX box is not 24 seconds ahead?
> 
> -sc
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com]
> > Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 8:56 AM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > Subject: RE: Why is Windows Time service crap?
> >
> > I have Windows and Unix boxes pointing to the same sources, yet my
> > Windows box is consistantly 24 seconds behind.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
> > Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 6:54 PM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > Subject: Re: Why is Windows Time service crap?
> >
> > I set both of my DCs in the HQ to sync to us.pool.ntp.org, and have
> no
> > issues.
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 07:36,  <richardmccl...@aspca.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > Greetings!
> > >
> > > I have workstations and servers in my domain whose time is all over
> > the
> > > place!
> > >
> > > Two servers I manually sync'd with a domain controller less than 24
> > hours
> > > ago are now once again 3 minutes behind.
> > >
> > > Workstations are up to 5 minutes one way or the other.
> > >
> > > I know this keeps coming up here, but again, please...
> > >
> > > 1. With multiple domain controllers, does one pick one of them,
> sync
> > to an
> > > outside time source, then somehow point the other DCs to this DC?
>  If
> > so,
> > > then one puts in the name of the selected DC in the registry
> settings
> > for
> > > time services?  OR, does one make sure all the DCs point to the
> same
> > > external NTP server?
> > >
> > > 2. Why do servers and workstations drift off, time-wise?  How to
> stop
> > this?
> > > --
> > > Richard D. McClary
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