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<note><para>Please note that <command>timedatectl</command> command can
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<note><para>Please note that <command>timedatectl</command> command can
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be used only on a system booted with systemd.</para></note>
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be used only on a system booted with systemd.</para></note>
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+ <sect2>
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+ <title>Network Time Synchronization</title>
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+
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+ <para>Starting with version 214, systemd ships a daemon called
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+ <command>systemd-timesyncd</command> which can be used to
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+ synchronize the system time with remote NTP servers.</para>
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+
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+ <para>The daemon is not intended as a replacement for the well
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+ established NTP daemon, but as a client only implementation
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+ of the SNTP protocol which can be used for less advanced
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+ tasks and on a resource limited systems.</para>
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+
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+ <para>To enable the <command>systemd-timesyncd</command> daemon,
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+ issue the following command:</para>
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+
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+<screen role="nodump"><userinput>systemctl enable systemd-timesyncd</userinput></screen>
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+
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+ <para>The <filename>/etc/systemd/timesyncd.conf</filename> file
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+ can be used to change the NTP servers that
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+ <command>systemd-timesyncd</command> synchronizes with.</para>
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+
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+ </sect2>
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</sect1>
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</sect1>
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