Date and Time - timedatectl

[Ed Greshko]

On 05/28/13 00:01, G.Wolfe Woodbury wrote:
> On 05/27/13 03:42, Ed Greshko wrote:
>> On 05/27/13 15:02, poma wrote:
>>> $ timedatectl set-ntp false/true
>>> Failed to issue method call: No such file or directory
>> Maybe it is a simple case of "not yet implemented" in F18?
>>
>> [egreshko at meimei ~]$ timedatectl
>>       Local time: Mon 2013-05-27 15:40:31 CST
>>   Universal time: Mon 2013-05-27 07:40:31 UTC
>>         RTC time: Mon 2013-05-27 07:39:55
>>         Timezone: Asia/Taipei (CST, +0800)
>>      NTP enabled: n/a
>> NTP synchronized: yes
>>  RTC in local TZ: no
>>       DST active: n/a
>>
>>
>> NTP enabled: n/a  ???
> The NTP packages are not installed by default, using the chrony
> set instead (for a lighter weight implementation?) and the timedatectl
> stuff wants the "ntp*" commands explicitly.
>

Well, FWIW, in F19 the command "timedatectl set-ntp false/true" will disable/enable chronyd.

[root at localhost ~]# timedatectl
      Local time: Tue 2013-05-28 04:27:27 CST
  Universal time: Mon 2013-05-27 20:27:27 UTC
        RTC time: Tue 2013-05-28 04:27:28
        Timezone: Asia/Taipei (CST, +0800)
     NTP enabled: yes
NTP synchronized: yes
 RTC in local TZ: no
      DST active: n/a

[root at localhost ~]# systemctl status chronyd.service
chronyd.service - NTP client/server
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/chronyd.service; enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Mon 2013-05-27 15:43:40 CST; 12h ago
 Main PID: 2318 (chronyd)
   CGroup: name=systemd:/system/chronyd.service
           └─2318 /usr/sbin/chronyd -u chrony

[root at localhost ~]# timedatectl set-ntp false

[root at localhost ~]# timedatectl
      Local time: Tue 2013-05-28 04:28:24 CST
  Universal time: Mon 2013-05-27 20:28:24 UTC
        RTC time: Tue 2013-05-28 04:28:25
        Timezone: Asia/Taipei (CST, +0800)
     NTP enabled: no
NTP synchronized: yes
 RTC in local TZ: no
      DST active: n/a

[root at localhost ~]# systemctl status chronyd.service
chronyd.service - NTP client/server
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/chronyd.service; disabled)
   Active: inactive (dead)


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