Synchronizing time across the NetWare® network lets you maintain consistent time stamps.
NetWare needs to maintain a common system time for keeping file date and time stamps correctly, for auditing and logging, and for managing users' login time restrictions. It is also important to maintain a common time for the entire network system of servers and workstations.
The NetWare server utility TIMESYNC.NLM ensures that all NetWare servers report the same time and order events correctly. In a multiple server environment, the functionality to maintain a common time for all NetWare servers in the network is referred to as time synchronization.
A common time across the network helps eDirectory, messaging service, the file system, and other similar services.
This documentation covers the following topics:
For the most recent version of this Network Time Management Administration Guide, see the Open Enterprise Server Documentation Web site.
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