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man: extend documentation for timedatectl's set-ntp command
This extends on the relationship between timedatectl's set-ntp command and its effect on the systemd-timesyncd.service unit. This also links that unit back to the timedatectl man page. Closes #798.
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files, and the per-link dynamic settings received over DHCP. See
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files, and the per-link dynamic settings received over DHCP. See
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.network</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.network</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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for more details.</para>
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for more details.</para>
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<para><citerefentry><refentrytitle>timedatectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>'s
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<command>set-ntp</command> command may be used to enable and
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start, or disable and stop this service.</para>
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<refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<term><command>set-ntp [BOOL]</command></term>
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<term><command>set-ntp [BOOL]</command></term>
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<listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument. Controls whether
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<listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument. Controls whether
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network time synchronization is enabled (if available). This
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network time synchronization is active and enabled (if
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enables or disables the
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available). This enables and starts, or disables and stops the
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<filename>systemd-timesyncd.service</filename> unit. Note that
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<filename>systemd-timesyncd.service</filename> unit. It does
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even if this command turns time synchronization off a
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not affect the state of any other, unrelated network time
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different system service might still synchronize the clock
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synchronization services that might be installed on the
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with the network.</para></listitem>
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system. This command is hence mostly equivalent to:
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<command>systemctl enable --now
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systemd-timesyncd.service</command> and <command>systemctl
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disable --now systemd-timesyncd.service</command>, but is
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protected by a different access policy.</para>
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<para>Note that even if time synchronization is turned off
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with this command another, unrelated system service might
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still synchronize the clock with the network. Also note that
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strictly speaking
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<filename>systemd-timesyncd.service</filename> does more than
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just network time synchronization as it ensures a monotonic
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clock on systems without RTC even if no network is
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available. See
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-timesyncd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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for details about this.</para></listitem>
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