From aa4228bf1bf1bad6bc8b069713485ed69d382e47 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Miroslav Lichvar Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:27:03 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] doc: improve description of -x in chronyd man page --- doc/chronyd.adoc | 12 +++++++----- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/chronyd.adoc b/doc/chronyd.adoc index f5bb3604..fc79078d 100644 --- a/doc/chronyd.adoc +++ b/doc/chronyd.adoc @@ -157,11 +157,13 @@ This option will lock *chronyd* into RAM so that it will never be paged out. This mode is only supported on Linux. *-x*:: -This option disables the control of the system clock. *chronyd* will not make -any adjustments of the clock, but it will still track its offset and frequency -relative to the estimated true time, and be able to operate as an NTP server. -This allows *chronyd* to run without the capability to adjust or set the system -clock (e.g. in some containers). +This option disables the control of the system clock. *chronyd* will not try to +make any adjustments of the clock. It will assume the clock is free running and +still track its offset and frequency relative to the estimated true time. This +option allows *chronyd* to run without the capability to adjust or set the +system clock (e.g. in some containers) in order to operate as an NTP server. It +is not recommended to run *chronyd* (with or without *-x*) when another process +is controlling the system clock. *-v*:: With this option *chronyd* will print version number to the terminal and exit. -- 2.47.2