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NAME

6       chrony.conf - chronyd configuration file
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SYNOPSIS

10       /etc/chrony.conf
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DESCRIPTION

14       chrony  is  a pair of programs for maintaining the accuracy of computer
15       clocks. chronyd is a background daemon program that can be  started  at
16       boot time.
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18       Assuming that you have found some servers, you need to set up a config‐
19       uration file to run chrony.  The  (compiled-in)  default  location  for
20       this  file  is  /etc/chrony.conf.   Assuming  that your ntp servers are
21       called `a.b.c' and `d.e.f', your chrony.conf file could  contain  as  a
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24            server a.b.c
25            server d.e.f
26            server g.h.i
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28       However, you will probably want to include some of the other directives
29       described in detail in the documentation supplied with the distribution
30       (chrony.txt and chrony.texi). The following directives will be particu‐
31       larly useful : `driftfile', `commandkey', `keyfile'.  The smallest use‐
32       ful configuration file would look something like
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34            server a.b.c
35            server d.e.f
36            server g.h.i
37            keyfile /etc/chrony.keys
38            commandkey 1
39            driftfile /etc/chrony.drift
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SEE ALSO

44       chrony(1), chronyc(1), chronyd(8)
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46       http://chrony.tuxfamily.org/
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AUTHOR

50       Richard Curnow <rc@rc0.org.uk>
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52       This man-page was written by Jan Schaumann <jschauma@netmeister.org> as
53       part of "The Missing Man Pages Project".   Please  see  http://www.net‐
54       meister.org/misc/m2p2/index.html for details.
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56       The complete chrony documentation is supplied in texinfo format.
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