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6 systemd-timedated.service, systemd-timedated - Time and date bus
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10 systemd-timedated.service
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12 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-timedated
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15 systemd-timedated.service is a system service that may be used as a
16 mechanism to change the system clock and timezone, as well as to
17 enable/disable network time synchronization. systemd-timedated is
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21 The tool timedatectl(1) is a command line client to this service.
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23 systemd-timedated currently offers access to the following four
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40 systemd-timesyncd will look for files with a ".list" extension in
41 ntp-units.d/ directories. Each file is parsed as a list of unit names,
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43 Files are read from /usr/lib/systemd/ntp-units.d/ and the corresponding
44 directories under /etc/, /run/, /usr/local/lib/. Files in /etc/
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46 /usr/lib/. Files in /run/ override files with the same name under
47 /usr/. Packages should install their configuration files in /usr/lib/
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50 Example 1. ntp-units.d/ entry for systemd-timesyncd
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