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diff --git a/man/timedatectl.xml b/man/timedatectl.xml index e8d9cb84b9..02b86b6641 100644 --- a/man/timedatectl.xml +++ b/man/timedatectl.xml @@ -156,28 +156,11 @@ <varlistentry> <term><command>set-ntp [BOOL]</command></term> - <listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument. Controls whether - network time synchronization is active and enabled (if - available). This enables and starts, or disables and stops the - <filename>systemd-timesyncd.service</filename> unit. It does - not affect the state of any other, unrelated network time - synchronization services that might be installed on the - system. This command is hence mostly equivalent to: - <command>systemctl enable --now - systemd-timesyncd.service</command> and <command>systemctl - disable --now systemd-timesyncd.service</command>, but is - protected by a different access policy.</para> - - <para>Note that even if time synchronization is turned off - with this command, another unrelated system service might - still synchronize the clock with the network. Also note that, - strictly speaking, - <filename>systemd-timesyncd.service</filename> does more than - just network time synchronization, as it ensures a monotonic - clock on systems without RTC even if no network is - available. See - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-timesyncd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> - for details about this.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument. Controls whether network time synchronization is active + and enabled (if available). If the argument is true, this enables and starts the first existed + service listed in the environment variable <varname>$SYSTEMD_TIMEDATED_NTP_SERVICES</varname> + of <filename>systemd-timedated.service</filename>. If the argument is false, then this disables and + stops the all services listed in <varname>$SYSTEMD_TIMEDATED_NTP_SERVICES</varname>.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> @@ -197,13 +180,13 @@ <title>Examples</title> <para>Show current settings: <programlisting>$ timedatectl - Local time: Thu 2017-09-21 16:08:56 CEST - Universal time: Thu 2017-09-21 14:08:56 UTC - RTC time: Thu 2017-09-21 14:08:56 - Time zone: Europe/Warsaw (CEST, +0200) - System clock synchronized: yes -systemd-timesyncd.service active: yes - RTC in local TZ: no</programlisting> + Local time: Thu 2017-09-21 16:08:56 CEST + Universal time: Thu 2017-09-21 14:08:56 UTC + RTC time: Thu 2017-09-21 14:08:56 + Time zone: Europe/Warsaw (CEST, +0200) +System clock synchronized: yes + NTP service: active + RTC in local TZ: no</programlisting> </para> <para>Enable network time synchronization: |