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authorderaadt <deraadt@openbsd.org>2019-11-11 01:05:30 +0000
committerderaadt <deraadt@openbsd.org>2019-11-11 01:05:30 +0000
commit864e97e9f9bae03bbb1cc12a7b1933494c9a91e7 (patch)
treefc58f8c71c25d7538863238fec3305ea824ed3a7 /usr.sbin/ntpd
parentDisable -s and -S functionality. -s would force time using NTP packets without (diff)
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remove -s and -S documentation, and explain the boot-time startup mode
more clearly ok ingo schwarze
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-rw-r--r--usr.sbin/ntpd/ntpd.821
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/ntpd/ntpd.8 b/usr.sbin/ntpd/ntpd.8
index 807fc9d826a..6c6e28e6908 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/ntpd/ntpd.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/ntpd/ntpd.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: ntpd.8,v 1.43 2019/06/20 12:20:20 otto Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ntpd.8,v 1.44 2019/11/11 01:05:30 deraadt 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: June 20 2019 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: November 11 2019 $
.Dt NTPD 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm ntpd
.Bk -words
-.Op Fl dnSsv
+.Op Fl dnv
.Op Fl f Ar file
.Ek
.Sh DESCRIPTION
@@ -59,16 +59,6 @@ instead of the default
.It Fl n
Configtest mode.
Only check the configuration file for validity.
-.It Fl S
-Cancel the effect of the
-.Fl s
-flag.
-.It Fl s
-Always try to set the time at startup.
-By default
-.Nm
-attempts to set the time at boot only 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
@@ -97,6 +87,11 @@ option, all calls to
.Xr adjtime 2
will be logged.
.Pp
+.Nm
+makes efforts to verify and correct the time at boot if constraints are
+configured and satisfied, if trusted servers return results, and if the
+clock is not being moved backwards.
+.Pp
After the local clock is synchronized,
.Nm
adjusts the clock frequency using the