[Samba] Time synchronization issue

[Rowland Penny]

On 22/04/15 14:02, L.P.H. van Belle wrote:
> but It does work out of the box..
> If al was setup ok..
> It the time server also the DC with FSMO role PDC ?
> if not, then thats your error.
>
> this is a good read.
> https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc773013(v=ws.10).aspx
>
>
> Greetz,
>
> Louis
>
>
>   
>
>> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>> Van: william.epci at gmail.com
>> [mailto:samba-bounces at lists.samba.org] Namens William LIM
>> Verzonden: woensdag 22 april 2015 14:57
>> Aan: samba at lists.samba.org
>> Onderwerp: Re: [Samba] Time synchronization issue
>>
>> Hello Andrey
>>
>> Thanks for the trick. I'll try it.
>>
>> But it's a pity it doesn't work natively, right ?
>>
>> 2015-04-22 14:08 GMT+02:00 Andrey Repin <anrdaemon at yandex.ru>:
>>
>>> Greetings, William LIM!
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>> I have set a Samba AD DC on my network. Version is 4.1.17
>> on a Debian
>>>> Wheezy.
>>>> I have an issue on my Windows XP SP3 clients : the time on these
>>> computers
>>>> is not synchronized with my Domain Controler.
>>>> Big problem is, if time difference is considerable (more or less 5
>>>> minutes), users can not log in.
>>>> On the other hand, my server is correctly synchronized
>> with NTP server.
>>>> I don't understand the reason of my problem, and don't
>> know were to start
>>>> investigating.
>>>> Has anybody got this issue ?
>>> Got exactly your problem two days ago.
>>>  From elevated shell:
>>>
>>> w32tm /unregister
>>> reboot
>>> w32tm /register
>>> w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:time.example.com /syncfromflags:MANUAL
>>> /update
>>> time /T (To test if synchronization done correctly)
>>>
>>> time.example.com is your domain time server - either AD DC or an NTP
>>> server it
>>> is synchronized with. I prefer NTP, though. Domain time
>> service seems to be
>>> unreliable in my setup, or needs to be enabled manually.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> With best regards,
>>> Andrey Repin
>>> Wednesday, April 22, 2015 15:01:06
>>>
>>> Sorry for my terrible english...
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and it also helps if you setup /etc/ntp.conf on the timeserver 
correctly, can you post your conf file>

Rowland