Can W2000 provide an NTP time service?

[MonocleMike]

Can I set up a W2000 server to provide a NTP Time Service to non-Windows boxes? How do I chack whether it is running and on what port? I have read the KB article on W32Time and set the registry keys to say it is a ReliableTimeSource and LocalNTP but cannot see it from a Unix box. I am getting a lot of help from the Unix community to make sure I'm doing the Unix end right but they are now asking for verification that I've done the Windows end right. Can anyone help?

 

[dlsmithjr]

I have check this out just now. My Linux box gets "connection refused". This is what I found on Technet, and may shed some light on the subject. This is from KB artical 266080.

"When communicating with Windows 2000 computers, time packets are secured with a signed hash of the time information. Security is based on the Windows NT secure channel and signature key is determined by the machine account of the client"

From this I would guess that W2K by default only services MS clients, as it bases its security of time packets on machine accounts in the domain. I will look into this some more and let you know what I find.

David

 

[LoopyLoo]

I don't think it can function as an NTP server without added software. You should be able to find a freeware one through Google.

Alternately, set up your Unix box as an NTP/SNTP server and get Windows to synch off of that?

Or, if you have a cisco router then set that up as an NTP/SNTP server.

 

[MonocleMike]

dlsmith,
Thanks. Please do. FYI the unix box is declared to Active Directory as a member of the Domain so I suppose it has a machine account.
LoopyLoo,
I fear you may be right and I'll have to get some 3rd party software but I'll just wait a bit to see if anyone comes up with some other idea. As for making the Unix box into an NTP server I fear that may be just as tricky as it is SCO Unix and no longer actively supported! :-(

 

[LoopyLoo]

Try here:

http://osr5doc.ca.caldera.com:457/NetAdminG/BOOKCHAPTER-18.html

 

[MonocleMike]

Thank you. I think we are nearly there only sadly the link you gave me doesn't work.

 

[MonocleMike]

On Feb 13th LoopyLoo wrote:
"I don't think it can function as an NTP server without added software. You should be able to find a freeware one through Google."

I now agree that it does not!! However I can't find a freeware one that I can load onto the W2K server to make it the time source for the network of mixed devices (it has no connection to the outside world) - does anyone know where I can find one?

 

[LoopyLoo]

Not dead certain if this does everything you need but . . .

http://www.softpile.com/Internet/Utilities/Review_12007_index.html