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| author |   otto <otto@openbsd.org> | 2019-06-20 08:26:13 +0000 |
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| committer | otto <otto@openbsd.org> | 2019-06-20 08:26:13 +0000 |
| commit | 3c2789fc10f024c825945ee611c4b3fd26995911 (patch) | |
| tree | 5a03c9930f35a2c08a18618f9254f88dd5f80768 /usr.sbin/ntpd | |
| parent | Add a helper function to work out option table from name. (diff) | |
| download | wireguard-openbsd-3c2789fc10f024c825945ee611c4b3fd26995911.tar.xz wireguard-openbsd-3c2789fc10f024c825945ee611c4b3fd26995911.zip | |
Tell a bit about automatic mode; ok jmc@
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/ntpd')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/ntpd/ntpd.8 | 14 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/ntpd/ntpd.8 b/usr.sbin/ntpd/ntpd.8 index 0b74c2587fa..c2f0af57f96 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/ntpd/ntpd.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/ntpd/ntpd.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: ntpd.8,v 1.41 2017/09/06 19:43:46 jmc Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: ntpd.8,v 1.42 2019/06/20 08:26:13 otto Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2003, 2004, 2006 Henning Brauer <henning@openbsd.org> .\" @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ .\" AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT .\" OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: September 6 2017 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: June 20 2019 $ .Dt NTPD 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -60,11 +60,17 @@ instead of the default Configtest mode. Only check the configuration file for validity. .It Fl S -Do not set the time immediately at startup. -This is the default. +Cancel the effect of the +.Fl s +flag. .It Fl s Try to set the time immediately at startup, as opposed to slowly adjusting the clock. +By default +.Nm +attempts to set the time at boot if constraints are configured and +satisfied and the clock should be moved forward. +.Pp .Nm will stay in the foreground for up to 15 seconds waiting for one of the configured NTP servers to reply. |