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NetWare 5.1, Service Pack 6 - Time Problem

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Kar...@optonline.net

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Jan 30, 2004, 7:39:23 PM1/30/04
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I'm running NW5.1 with service pack 6 installed. When I set the time at the
server, the server time stays accurate, and the Win98/XP clients are
accurate upon login, however, they gradually display an incorrect time.
This incorrect time is usually off by 45min to 1hr from the correct time.
When I check the server console, the time is displayed correctly.

I'd say that it were an individual workstation problem, but all 10 of my
computers experience the same problem, and they are all off by the same
amount of time.

Anyone know what's causing this?
Joe


Marcel Cox

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Jan 31, 2004, 7:13:05 AM1/31/04
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> I'm running NW5.1 with service pack 6 installed. When I set the time at the
> server, the server time stays accurate,
>

Is this a single server tree, or do you have multiple servers in the same
tree?
When you say you set the time at the server, how do you set the server time?

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Kar...@optonline.net

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Jan 31, 2004, 9:07:13 AM1/31/04
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> Is this a single server tree, or do you have multiple servers in the same
> tree?

Single server with 10 workstations

> When you say you set the time at the server, how do you set the server
time?

set time 9:00:00 for example for 9AM


Marcel Cox

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Jan 31, 2004, 9:16:57 AM1/31/04
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<Kar...@optonline.net> wrote:

> set time 9:00:00 for example for 9AM

Ok, that's wrong!
TIMESYNC.NLM is not happy if you manually set the time using the SET
TIME command. This will mess up the local time to GMT correlation. The
official way to set the server clock is to program a time adjustment.
Could you please report the full output you get if you issue the TIME
command at the server console?


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Marcel Cox (using XanaNews 1.16.1.4)

Joe

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Jan 31, 2004, 4:22:53 PM1/31/04
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Time zone string: "EST5EDT"
DST status: OFF
DST start: Sunday, April 4, 2004 2:00:00 am EST
DST end: Sunday, October 31, 2004 2:00:00 am EDT
Time synchronization is active.
Time is synchronized to the network.
Saturday, January 31, 2004 9:19:55.064 pm UTC
Saturday, January 31, 2004 4:19:55.064 pm EST


Marcel Cox

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Feb 1, 2004, 5:34:25 AM2/1/04
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Joe wrote:

> Saturday, January 31, 2004 9:19:55.064 pm UTC
> Saturday, January 31, 2004 4:19:55.064 pm EST

That looks correct though. Is this different from your workstation
times?

Kar...@optonline.net

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Feb 1, 2004, 9:57:34 AM2/1/04
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> That looks correct though. Is this different from your workstation
> times?

Yes, at first the workstation times will match the server, but then
gradually they will drift from the actual time. Once I noticed that the
workstations were a good 45min off from the time the server reported (which
was correct).


Marcel Cox

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Feb 1, 2004, 11:19:27 AM2/1/04
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Are all computers that show this problem from a same batch? Maybe you
have a whole series of computers that have inaccurate clocks.
Note that the Netware client only synchronizes the workstation clock on
bootup and at login.
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