Time synchronisation on NT network

[Gareth1978]

Can anyone advise me on the best way to achieve time synch on an NT network. We use an atomic clock on the internet to get the PDC time correct. I am running the command

net time \\myserver /set /yes

as part of the login scripts but it seems as though some users can and some users can't (the script runs but it some people don't seem to have permission to change the time that way)

If anyone has a foolproof method of doing this then it would be very much apreciated.

Gareth



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[Michael42]

Gareth1978,

To Sync PC Time to NT Server Time try this.

Place the following in the login script, start up folder, and/or schedule it: (This works on NT and 9x)

NET TIME \\ServerName /SET /YES

You can configure the PDC or BDC to be the default time server by editing the registry at:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Paramaters

and adding a Value Name of timesource as type REG_DWORD and setting it to 1. Stop and restart the server service for this change to take effect.


For WinNT users, you must grant the user the right to change the system time or use TIMESERV from the reskit.


Thanks,

Michael42