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Re: Help Synchronizing Time
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rob Smyser)
Fri Dec 5 15:53:06 1997
Date: Fri, 05 Dec 1997 15:51:15 -0500
To: Anita Horn <ahorn@MIT.EDU>, Jeremy Nimmer <mistere@MIT.EDU>
From: Rob Smyser <smyser@MIT.EDU>
Cc: installers@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <3.0.2.32.19971205091725.006ac9a0@hesiod>
Anita,
you are quite right that Leash will not change the system time on NT.
It does change the kerberos internal clock, which runs independently of the
system clock once the computer boots. You should look at the time that
leash presents and reset the clock by hand.
At 09:17 AM 12/5/97 -0500, Anita Horn wrote:
>At 05:00 PM 12/4/97 -0500, you wrote:
>>At 04:46 PM 12/4/97 -0500, you wrote:
>>> According to the Leash Online Help, if I want to sync my computer's
>>>time with the server time I should add "gettime -s" to my "lanwp.bat"
>>>file. I don't seem to have such a file, do you know where I could get
>>>one.
>>>
>>>I want to sync my difference, b/c i am continually loosing my network
>>>connection, b/c the time b/t my computer and the server time is too
>>>great.
>>>
>>
>>I belive the section in the help file you mention is for Windows 3.1
>>settings, and does not apply for Win95. The way to sync time is to
>>use the leash program...
>>
>>Run leash and if it asks for password right away, just hit cancel. Then
>>push the "Synchronize Time" button at the top of the leash screen. It will
>>tell you the correct time. Go into windows control panel and change your
>>clock, or double click the time on the taskbar to change.
>>
>>Also, I don't know if there's a way to "automate" this under Win95.
>>
>>I hope this helps!
>>
>>-= remmiN ymereJ | Jeremy Nimmer =-
>>
>>mistere@mit.edu
>>x5-6126
>>
>>
>The above will *sometimes* work for NT. You at least have to be logged in
>as administrator, but that doesn't always do it. Worst case, Leash's
>synchronization program will tell you the server time, but if it doesn't
>change it you'll have to go into the control panel, date & time and change
>it manually.
>
>Anita Horn
>Sloan Technology, MIT
>253-6123
>
