How to sync time between windows and linux computers?

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Question

We have several linux and windows boxes and some of their clocks will drift. Is there a quick way to set up one of these systems as a time server and have the others point to them? This will need to work on a stand alone network. The OSs are specifically XP and RHEL5 for this exercise.

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Solution

You can set up a NTP Server on one of the Linux machines and have the others point to it.

Connect to the NTP-Server in Redhat:

  • ntpdate -du ntpservername

Connect to the NTP-Server in Windows XP:

  • Right click on the clock in the system tray
  • Choose adjust time
  • On the internet time tab insert your server hostname
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