along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-->
-<refentry id="timedatectl" conditional='ENABLE_TIMEDATED'>
+<refentry id="timedatectl" conditional='ENABLE_TIMEDATED'
+ xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
<refentryinfo>
<title>timedatectl</title>
<para>The following options are understood:</para>
<variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>-h</option></term>
- <term><option>--help</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Prints a short help
- text and exits.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--version</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Prints a short version
- string and exits.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--no-pager</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Do not pipe output into a
- pager.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--no-ask-password</option></term>
- <listitem><para>Don't query the user
+ <listitem><para>Do not query the user
for authentication for privileged
operations.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>-P</option></term>
- <term><option>--privileged</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Acquire privileges via PolicyKit
- before executing the operation.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>-H</option></term>
- <term><option>--host</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Execute the operation
- remotely. Specify a hostname, or
- username and hostname separated by <literal>@</literal>,
- to connect to. This will use SSH to
- talk to a remote
- system.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--adjust-system-clock</option></term>
<listitem><para>If
<command>set-local-rtc</command> is
- invoked and this option is passed the
+ invoked and this option is passed, the
system clock is synchronized from the
RTC again, taking the new setting into
- account. Otherwise the RTC is
+ account. Otherwise, the RTC is
synchronized from the system
clock.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
+ <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="host" />
+ <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="machine" />
+
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="no-pager" />
</variablelist>
<para>The following commands are understood:</para>
timezones can be listed with
<command>list-timezones</command>. If
the RTC is configured to be in the
- local time this will also update the
+ local time, this will also update the
RTC time. This call will alter the
<filename>/etc/localtime</filename>
symlink. See
<term><command>set-local-rtc [BOOL]</command></term>
<listitem><para>Takes a boolean
- argument. If <literal>0</literal> the
+ argument. If <literal>0</literal>, the
system is configured to maintain the
- RTC in universal time, if
- <literal>1</literal> it will maintain
+ RTC in universal time. If
+ <literal>1</literal>, it will maintain
the RTC in local time instead. Note
that maintaining the RTC in the local
timezone is not fully supported and
will create various problems with time
zone changes and daylight saving
- adjustments. If at all possible use
- RTC in UTC. Note that invoking this
+ adjustments. If at all possible, keep the
+ RTC in UTC mode. Note that invoking this
will also synchronize the RTC from the
system clock, unless
<option>--adjust-system-clock</option> is
<refsect1>
<title>Exit status</title>
- <para>On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
+ <para>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
code otherwise.</para>
</refsect1>
- <refsect1>
- <title>Environment</title>
-
- <variablelist class='environment-variables'>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>$SYSTEMD_PAGER</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Pager to use when
- <option>--no-pager</option> is not given;
- overrides <varname>$PAGER</varname>. Setting
- this to an empty string or the value
- <literal>cat</literal> is equivalent to passing
- <option>--no-pager</option>.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
- </refsect1>
+ <xi:include href="less-variables.xml" />
<refsect1>
<title>Examples</title>
<para>Show current settings:
- <programlisting>
-$ timedatectl
+ <programlisting>$ timedatectl
Local time: Fri, 2012-11-02 09:26:46 CET
Universal time: Fri, 2012-11-02 08:26:46 UTC
RTC time: Fri, 2012-11-02 08:26:45
Next DST change: CET → CEST, DST will become active
the clock will jump one hour forward
Sun, 2013-03-31 01:59:59 CET
- Sun, 2013-03-31 03:00:00 CEST
- </programlisting>
+ Sun, 2013-03-31 03:00:00 CEST</programlisting>
</para>
<para>Enable an NTP daemon (chronyd):
- <programlisting>
-$ timedatectl set-ntp true
+ <programlisting>$ timedatectl set-ntp true
==== AUTHENTICATING FOR org.freedesktop.timedate1.set-ntp ===
Authentication is required to control whether network time synchronization shall be enabled.
Authenticating as: user
Password: ********
-==== AUTHENTICATION COMPLETE ===
- </programlisting>
+==== AUTHENTICATION COMPLETE ===</programlisting>
- <programlisting>
-$ systemctl status chronyd.service
+ <programlisting>$ systemctl status chronyd.service
chronyd.service - NTP client/server
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/chronyd.service; enabled)
Active: active (running) since Fri, 2012-11-02 09:36:25 CET; 5s ago
-...
- </programlisting>
+...</programlisting>
</para>
</refsect1>
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