Re: ntp behind firewalls (need to open ports?)

["Anthony E. Greene" <agreene pobox com>]

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On 31-Oct-2002/15:42 -0600, Gary <gary-list-redhat mygirlfriday info> wrote:
>On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 02:46:11PM -0600 or thereabouts, Ed Wilts wrote:
>> On Wed, Oct 30, 2002 at 10:44:12PM -0600, christopher j bottaro wrote:
>> The short answer is no.  I've got my Linux server behind a Linksys
>> firewall and have no ports open.  The Linux system initiates the
>> connection to the outside servers and the time is synchronized without
>> any issues.  My Windows systems synchronize to the Linux system.
>
>Ed, 
>
>What program do you use so that Windows syncs to Linux?

If you have Win2k or older, you can put a batch file in the Startup folder
so that it runs each time a user logs in. The batch file should be
configured to run minimized and should include the following command:

  net time /set /yes \\linuxbox

Tony
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