From e2fbdaec7fa7d549dd01f1b96f3f3cfd8b1f74bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Krejzi Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 15:27:35 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] 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 --- chapter07/clock.xml | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+) 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 Please note that timedatectl command can be used only on a system booted with systemd. + + Network Time Synchronization + + Starting with version 214, systemd ships a daemon called + systemd-timesyncd which can be used to + synchronize the system time with remote NTP servers. + + 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. + + To enable the systemd-timesyncd daemon, + issue the following command: + +systemctl enable systemd-timesyncd + + The /etc/systemd/timesyncd.conf file + can be used to change the NTP servers that + systemd-timesyncd synchronizes with. + + +