[Samba] time server = yes

[David C. Rankin]

Adam Williams wrote:
> I want my XP clients to update their clocks from my samba server.  I
> have time server = yes in smb.conf, and running ntpd on the server, but
> my clients aren't updating their clocks.  I tried running the command
> manually logged in as a domain user:
> 
> net time /setsntp:10.8.2.3
> 
> but it just says "System error 5 has occurred.  Access is denied".
> Any ideas?
> 

As an admin user, from the command prompt in windows try:

net time \\server /set /yes

It has worked for me for years.

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