Agreed. -- ME2
On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 4:03 PM, Steven M. Caesare <scaes...@caesare.com>wrote: > Cool... that sounded like configuration wonkiness. > > -sc > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] > > Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 3:44 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: Why is Windows Time service crap? > > > > Found it. We have 2 Windows NTP servers. One hadn't been changed from > > NT5D5 to NTP, and the AnnounceFlags hadn't been changed from 10 to 5. > > Will look at everything tomorrow and see if things have sync'd up. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] > > Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 2:36 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: Why is Windows Time service crap? > > > > Let me do some poking around... > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] > > Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 1:50 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: Why is Windows Time service crap? > > > > 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. 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