[Gllug] Linux ntp talking to MS Windows

[Alain Williams]

On Thu, Aug 03, 2006 at 11:34:01AM +0100, Chris Bell wrote:
> On Thu 03 Aug, Alain Williams wrote:
> > 
> 
> > If I go:
> > 	ntpdate vega
> > the time becomes synchronised exactly (and ntpdc confirms this), now is about a day
> > since I last did this.
> > 
> > I do notice that Linux ntpd sends out NTPv4 packets and vega replies NTPv3, but the
> > documentation suggests that this should work. (This I learned from tcpdump).
> > 
> > I have a feeling that I have done something stupid, npt is normally a no brainer.
> > 
> > Can anyone point me in the right direction ?
> > 
> 
>    There has been a security privilege issue with ntp trying to modify the
> hardware clock, while ntpdate may adjust a software offset.

''security privilege'' -- do you mean SELinux ?

I have switched that to 'permissive' anyway.

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