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| author | Krejzi <krejzi@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2014-07-26 15:27:35 +0000 |
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| committer | Krejzi <krejzi@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2014-07-26 15:27:35 +0000 |
| commit | e2fbdaec7fa7d549dd01f1b96f3f3cfd8b1f74bc (patch) | |
| tree | 06db0938d07f853427b561931c7d06a3ecdb719d | |
| parent | de8154232fce4a439d71455b3396e481fa738664 (diff) | |
Mention systemd-timesyncd on Setting the system clock page.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/branches/systemd/BOOK@10655 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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diff --git a/chapter07/clock.xml b/chapter07/clock.xml index 40006fdcf..f1f8d8eda 100644 --- a/chapter07/clock.xml +++ b/chapter07/clock.xml @@ -72,4 +72,27 @@ EOF</userinput></screen> <note><para>Please note that <command>timedatectl</command> command can be used only on a system booted with systemd.</para></note> + <sect2> + <title>Network Time Synchronization</title> + + <para>Starting with version 214, systemd ships a daemon called + <command>systemd-timesyncd</command> which can be used to + synchronize the system time with remote NTP servers.</para> + + <para>The daemon is not intended as a replacement for the well + established NTP daemon, but as a client only implementation + of the SNTP protocol which can be used for less advanced + tasks and on a resource limited systems.</para> + + <para>To enable the <command>systemd-timesyncd</command> daemon, + issue the following command:</para> + +<screen role="nodump"><userinput>systemctl enable systemd-timesyncd</userinput></screen> + + <para>The <filename>/etc/systemd/timesyncd.conf</filename> file + can be used to change the NTP servers that + <command>systemd-timesyncd</command> synchronizes with.</para> + + </sect2> + </sect1> |