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Date:      Wed, 01 Dec 1999 03:32:25 -0600 (CST)
From:      Don Read <dread@calcasieu.com>
To:        Joe Bo <ibjoe@home.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE: time synching PCs to FreeBSD machine
Message-ID:  <XFMail.991201033225.dread@calcasieu.com>
In-Reply-To: <2.2.32.19991201083350.00e13ae0@mail>

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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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