Changeset e2fbdae

Timestamp:

07/26/2014 03:27:35 PM (10 years ago)

Author:

Krejzi <krejzi@…>

Branches:

7.6-systemd, 7.7-systemd, 7.8-systemd, 7.9-systemd

Children:

49a9e0e9

Parents:

de81542

Message:

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

File:

• chapter07/clock.xml (modified) (1 diff)

chapter07/clock.xml

@@ -73 +73 @@
   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>