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Windows server clock not syncing with my laptop or desktop running Ubuntu 14.04

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I am a health care professional. I have to login to a remote Windows server to access medical records. I do not have access to the server. After updating my laptop and desktop to Ubuntu 14.04 the clock on the server is no longer syncing with the clock on my laptop or desktop. I believe it is 10 hours ahead. It is creating problems as the server is getting dates wrong etc... I have followed directions on several forums but nothing is working.

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Dax (drsirucek) said : 		#1

I am using Remmina to connect to the sever.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

Set the Windows server to use a Web based NTP service.

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#3

Do you think that the clock on the Windows server is wrong, or the clock on your own laptop/desktop?

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Dax (drsirucek) said : 		#4

The clock on the server is not recognizing the time zone. It is 7 hours ahead. When I spoke to the people who manage the server they said that it is set up to recognize the time zone on my computer. So either the time zone on my computer is set incorrectly or the server is not syncing with my laptop and it is staying at it's default time zone.

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Dax (drsirucek) said : 		#5

after running sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata. I can set the time zone to MST. However, after setting up the correct time zone terminal reads local time blah blah MST (which correct). Below that it gives universal time which is 7 hours earlier. It seems the server I am logging on to is reading the universal time not the local time. Is there a way to get rid of or change the universal time?

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#6

You might try setting you computer to use local time (as Windows does), see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuTime#Make_Linux_use_.27Local.27_time

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Dax (drsirucek) said : 		#7

dax@dax-Satellite-C55D-A:~$ edit/etc/default/rcS
bash: edit/etc/default/rcS: No such file or directory
dax@dax-Satellite-C55D-A:~$ edit /etc/default/rcS
Warning: unknown mime-type for "/etc/default/rcS" -- using "application/octet-stream"
Error: no write permission for file "/etc/default/rcS"
dax@dax-Satellite-C55D-A:~$ sudo edit /etc/default/rcS
[sudo] password for dax:
Warning: unknown mime-type for "/etc/default/rcS" -- using "application/octet-stream"
Error: no "edit" mailcap rules found for type "application/octet-stream"

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#8

The name of the text file editor on Ubuntu is gedit

sudo gedit /etc/default/rcS

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