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authorPat Riehecky <jcpunk@gmail.com>2017-06-09 17:48:25 -0500
committerZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>2017-06-09 18:48:25 -0400
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man: systemd-timesyncd.service(8) (#6109)
Updates the documentation to note use of SNTP (resolves #5735)
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reboots to ensure it monotonically advances even if the system
lacks a battery-buffered RTC chip.</para>
+ <para>The <filename>systemd-timesyncd</filename> service
+ specifically implements only SNTP. This minimalistic
+ service will set the system clock for large offsets or
+ slowly adjust it for smaller deltas. More complex use
+ cases are not covered by <filename>systemd-timesyncd</filename>.</para>
+
<para>The NTP servers contacted are determined from the global
settings in
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>timesyncd.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,