[system-administrators-guide] Some updates to en-US/Configuring_NTP_Using_the_chrony_Suite.xml after review Adding example of the
stephenw
stephenw at fedoraproject.org
Mon Nov 4 21:38:02 UTC 2013
commit bd3de1d1fd8d29722a407e78d532f1eaf130b906
Author: Stephen Wadeley <swadeley at redhat.com>
Date: Mon Nov 4 22:03:57 2013 +0100
Some updates to en-US/Configuring_NTP_Using_the_chrony_Suite.xml after review
Adding example of the -a option for chronyc
en-US/Configuring_NTP_Using_the_chrony_Suite.xml | 10 +++++++++-
1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/en-US/Configuring_NTP_Using_the_chrony_Suite.xml b/en-US/Configuring_NTP_Using_the_chrony_Suite.xml
index 0d1372a..31f9560 100644
--- a/en-US/Configuring_NTP_Using_the_chrony_Suite.xml
+++ b/en-US/Configuring_NTP_Using_the_chrony_Suite.xml
@@ -445,6 +445,9 @@ peer w.x.y.z key 10
chronyc> <command>password HEX:A6CFC50C9C93AB6E5A19754C246242FC5471BCDF</command>
200 OK</screen>
</para>
+<para>
+ If <application>chronyc</application> is used to configure the local <application>chronyd</application>, the <option>-a</option> option will run the <command>authhash</command> and <command>password</command> commands automatically.
+</para>
<para>
Only the following commands can be used without providing a password:
@@ -860,7 +863,12 @@ This is the estimated error bounds on Freq (again in parts per million).
Where <replaceable>commandkey-password</replaceable> is the command key or password stored in the key file.
</para>
<para>
- The real-time clock should not be manually adjusted if the <command>rtcfile</command> directive is used as this would interfere with <application>chrony</application>'s need to measure the rate at which the real-time clock drifts if it was adjusted at random intervals.</para>
+ The real-time clock should not be manually adjusted if the <command>rtcfile</command> directive is used as this would interfere with <application>chrony</application>'s need to measure the rate at which the real-time clock drifts if it was adjusted at random intervals.
+</para>
+<para>
+ If <application>chronyc</application> is used to configure the local <application>chronyd</application>, the <option>-a</option> will run the <command>authhash</command> and <command>password</command> commands automatically. This means that the interactive session illustrated above can be replaced by:
+ <synopsis>chronyc -a makestep</synopsis>
+</para>
</section>
</section>
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