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Date:      Wed, 01 Dec 1999 07:41:15 -0800
From:      Joe Bo <ibjoe@home.com>
To:        Don Read <dread@calcasieu.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE: time synching PCs to FreeBSD machine
Message-ID:  <2.2.32.19991201154115.00d098d8@mail>

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Don Read,

Thank you very much! That was it!
Don't know why I didn't figure that one out on my own <G>.
Your help was much appreciated! Thanks!

Joe Bo

At 03:32 AM 12/1/99 -0600, you wrote:
>
>On 01-Dec-99 Joe Bo wrote:
>> Hi. I am runnng FreeBSD v3.2 on a 486 machine.
>> 
>> It has 2 network cards, one on the internet and one on my private net.
>> I use natd and ipfw.
>> 
>> The FreeBSD machine keeps time set with ntpdate (not ntpd) to a local
>> server on a regular basis using cron.
>> 
>> I want my PCs on my private net to sync their time to my FreeBSD
>> machine. I found plenty of PC programs, I picked NetTime. These
>> programs typically say the server should be "RFC868" compliant.
>> 
>> So for a FreeBSD timeserver I start timed. like:
>> timed -M -F (my_FreeBSD_machine_name) -n (my_net_name)
>> This works OK, I get a message "this machine is master".
>> And ps ax shows it is running ok.
>> 
>> But the PC program says "can not get time from this server". I know
>> the PC program works because it works with other servers on the internet.
>> Sometimes I get a message:
>> /kernel: Connection attempt to TCP (my_host_ip):37 from (my_PC_ip):nnnn
>> (I do have log_in_vain turned on).
>> 
>> I'm no UNIX expert and I've been banging my head on the wall about this
>> for a few days now, so I sure could use some help. If anyone has any ideas
>> about this I'd appreciate it much!
>> 
>
>forget timed, thats something else.
>
>in your /etc/inetd.conf enable:
>time    stream  tcp     nowait  root    internal
>time    dgram   udp     wait    root    internal
>
>Regards,
>---
>Don Read                                           dread@calcasieu.com
>EDP Manager                                            dread@texas.net
>Calcasieu Lumber Co.                                         Austin TX
>-- No Coffe No Peace.
>



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