On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 10:14:03PM BST, Rob Pierce wrote: > Update diff below referencing the correct man page sections and with sentenced > starting on a new line.
Hi Rob, > Index: afterboot.8 > =================================================================== > RCS file: /cvs/src/share/man/man8/afterboot.8,v > retrieving revision 1.149 > diff -u -p -r1.149 afterboot.8 > --- afterboot.8 24 Sep 2015 15:07:55 -0000 1.149 > +++ afterboot.8 26 Sep 2015 02:23:33 -0000 > @@ -124,22 +124,30 @@ Furthermore, the superuser's > should never contain the current directory > .Pq Dq \&. . > .Ss System date > -Check the system date with the > +.Xr ntpd 8 > +is now enabled by default to automatically synchronize clocks with remote If I may. I'd simply use what's already there with slight modification: +is used to automatically synchronize clocks with remote NTP servers. > +NTP servers. > +You can use > +.Xr ntpctl 8 > +to check the status. > +You can also search > +.Pa /var/log/daemon > +for > +.Xr ntpd 8 > +related events. > +To change the time servers or other related settings see > +.Xr ntpd.conf 5 . > +.Pp IMVHO, too much info about ntpd. These do not belong here at all - ntpd "just works" and if one is to find out more about it - they should read the aforementioned manual page. > +You can check the system date using the > .Xr date 1 > command. > -If needed, change the date, and/or change the symbolic link of This was fine as it is, with how to *change* the date example below. > +If needed, change the symbolic link of > .Pa /etc/localtime > to the correct time zone in the > .Pa /usr/share/zoneinfo > directory. > -Alternatively, > -.Xr ntpd 8 > -can be used to automatically synchronize clocks with remote NTP servers. > -.Pp > -Examples: > .Pp > -Set the current date to January 27th, 1999 3:04pm: > -.Dl # date 199901271504 > +For example: > .Pp > Set the time zone to Atlantic Standard Time: > .Dl # ln -fs /usr/share/zoneinfo/Canada/Atlantic /etc/localtime Regards, Raf
