Configure as network time server?

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Configure as network time server?

Is it possible to configure Mac OS X Server on our Xserve to act as a 'network time server' so our Mac OS X computers can sync their clocks to it?

We can't use any of the common Internet time servers because our corporate firewall blocks access to them.

Posted on Jul 26, 2007 6:43 AM

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Answer 1

Jul 26, 2007 12:36 PM in response to Jim Williams4

Hi

Let the server keep its own time and on the clients access the Date & Time Preferences Pane. Select the Date & Time tab and key in the Server’s IP address in the Set date & time automatically field.

Hope this helps – Tony

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Jim Williams4 Author

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Jul 27, 2007 5:35 AM in response to Antonio Rocco

So are you saying I don't need to do any configuration on the Xserve to make it act as a network time server? Maybe I'm missing something, but that doesn't seem to work.

I checked the 'Set the date and time automatically' box in the client's date/time prefs pane, and entered the IP address of the Xserve.

But the client's clock doesn't update, and I get a lot of log entries reading, for example, "ntpdate\[14959\]: no server suitable for synchronization found", which seems to suggest it's not working.

Other thoughts? Thanks...

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Answer 3

Jul 27, 2007 6:50 AM in response to Jim Williams4

In Server Admin, choose first row (servername), "settings" tab enable NTP.

Then clients can use the server as the NTP server (you haven't got any other internal server like Windows Server/AD setup as a time server?

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Jim Williams4 Author

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Jul 27, 2007 1:59 PM in response to Leif Carlsson

Thanks, Leif, I've now got NTP enabled on the Xserve.

Client log still shows "No server suitable for synchronization found," but maybe I just haven't tinkered with those settings enough yet...

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Answer 5

Jul 28, 2007 1:32 AM in response to Jim Williams4

How did you enter the servername/ip on the client?

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