On May 24, 2011 3:48 PM, "Toby Satchell" <tsatch...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > The server all sync to an NTP time server which syncs the DCs as well. > > The problem was the restarting winbindd doesn't actually work in fixing the issue. > > Thanks, > > Toby. > > > On 23 May 2011 10:06, Bob Clough <para...@ivixor.net> wrote: >> >> As a quick hack, you could make a cronjob check wbinfo, if you get a message that it has fallen off the domain, kill and restart winbindd. >> >> >> On 20 May 2011 10:14, Toby Satchell <tsatch...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Grant, >>> >>> I can't see anything logs which would relate to the issue. >>> >>> You can test using wbinfo -u or wbinfo -g to show the users or groups, which means it is all working fine however that just returns "Error looking up domain users/groups" >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Toby. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 20 May 2011 10:01, Grant Sewell <dcg...@thymox.co.uk> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Fri, 20 May 2011 09:56:36 +0100 >>>> Toby Satchell wrote: >>>> >>>> > Hi, >>>> > >>>> > We have a number of Ubuntu servers 10.04. >>>> > >>>> > They join to active directory run by Windows Server 2008 R2 very well. >>>> > >>>> > However it seems they appear to fall off or loose a connection with >>>> > the AD servers. It took 9 days last time. >>>> > >>>> > There isn't anything useful in the logs to explain why. >>>> > >>>> > The only way previously was to reboot the machine, which is not >>>> > really an option at times. >>>> > >>>> > We have just found that killing winbind and starting it again fixes >>>> > the issue without have to reboot the server. >>>> > Restarting winbind does not fix it it doesn't even appear to restart >>>> > in the process list, seems more like a reload. >>>> > >>>> > We have tried many other solutions and none have they worked. >>>> > Aside from making a really dodgy cron script to kill and start >>>> > winbind every 7/8 days does anybody know of a fix/solution? >>>> > >>>> > Has anybody else had this problem? >>>> > >>>> > Kind regards, >>>> > >>>> > Toby. >>>> >>>> All joking apart, have you tried looking at the Windows Server 2008 R2 >>>> event logs to see if that end gives you any hints? >>>> >>>> Grant. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >>>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >>>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> Toby Satchell BSc (hons) >>> >>> -- >>> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >>> >> >> >> -- >> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >> > > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Toby Satchell BSc (hons) > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >
Any reason you're not just getting your time directly from the DCs? Also, you never mentioned whether or not these servers were virtualised? Chris
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