X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fsystemd-timesyncd.service.xml;h=f4ebccd4a5bf23c00fe15c4395281dbd5c11d070;hp=3810feb660a72c14b9f5dd0475c28fa4984e33ac;hb=3f93da987961c139215d3a55fd25496310537d1b;hpb=5aded369782f28255bc6b494ca905d7acaea7a56 diff --git a/man/systemd-timesyncd.service.xml b/man/systemd-timesyncd.service.xml index 3810feb66..f4ebccd4a 100644 --- a/man/systemd-timesyncd.service.xml +++ b/man/systemd-timesyncd.service.xml @@ -57,14 +57,47 @@ Description systemd-timesyncd is a - system service that may be used to synchronize the local - system clock with a Network Time Protocol Server. + system service that may be used to synchronize the + local system clock with a remote Network Time Protocol + server. It also saves the local time to disk every + time the clock has been synchronized and uses this to + possibly advance the system realtime clock on + subsequent reboots to ensure it + monotonically advances even if the system lacks a + battery-buffered RTC chip. + + The NTP servers contacted are determined from + the global settings in + timesyncd.conf5, + the per-link static settings in + .network files, and the per-link + dynamic settings received over DHCP. See + systemd.network5 + for more details. + + + + Files + + + + /var/lib/systemd/clock + + + This file contains the timestamp of last + successful synchronization. + + + See Also systemd1, + timesyncd.conf5, + systemd.network5, + systemd-networkd.service8, timedatectl1, localtime5, hwclock8