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Kelemvor
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2 months ago

Can LM verify a server's time is correct?

Hi, We were asked if LM can check every server and alert if the server's time is off by more than ## seconds or whatever.  This would need to be for Windows and Linux hosts.  Does anyone know if thi...
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Mike_Moniz
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2 months ago

Yeah, that would be more precise since that would report the collector's time is wrong instead of saying the domain controller's time is wrong (assuming your also monitoring the domain controller in the first place).

What is the name of the Linux time time check module you are using, or did you custom write that one also?

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Joe_Williams
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2 months ago

Custom wrote it. Cloned a SSH module, we run ntpdate and pull back the reported seconds via awk/grep/tee or some such.