NTP-DAEMON(8)

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version 1.9.0 · 6 versions
, in arch rolling, nixpkgs unstable, ubuntu stonking

💅 NTP-DAEMON(8) — ok bestie, meet your time daemon 🕐✨

so this is the manual for ntp-daemon, part of ntpd-rs (version 1.9.0, we'll get to that at the end, mwah 🎀). it's giving very much "the whole reason your clock is correct and you never even noticed" energy.

✨ NAME ✨

ntp-daemon — the ntpd-rs Network Time Protocol service daemon 🦋

like. it's the daemon. it does NTP. it's the main character.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

ntp-daemon [-c path] [-l loglevel]
ntp-daemon -h
ntp-daemon -v

that's it. that's the vibe. three little shapes and she's clocking the entire internet for you 💖

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

okay so ntp-daemon is the Network Time Protocol (NTP) service daemon for ntpd-rs, which is an NTP implementation that is lowkey obsessed with security and stability. and honestly? good for her. 🫶

here's the tea: ntp-daemon can be configured as both an NTP client AND an NTP server. bilingual queen. she also works with the Network Time Security (NTS) protocol — yes, the secure one, no cap 🔥

all the details about how to configure the daemon, plus the implementation details, live in ntp.toml(5) — and that page also explains several concepts of the ntp-daemon, so like, if you're confused, go read that one, it's the lore drop 📖✨

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • -c path, --config=path — the configuration file path for the ntp-daemon, aka where all the settings for how ntpd-rs is configured are stored. if you don't specify it, the default configuration file is /etc/ntpd-rs/ntp.toml 💾
  • -h, --help — display usage instructions. your girl showing you the ropes, periodt 🙈
  • -l loglevel, --log-level=loglevel — change which log messages get logged to stdout. the available log levels are trace, debug, info, warn and error (listed from lower to higher priority). only messages with the given priority and higher will be displayed. the default log level is info 📢
  • -v, --version — display version information. she'll tell you who she is 💁‍♀️
ngl the log level thing trips people up constantly — -l warn means you get warnings and errors, not warnings only. it's a filter, not a spotlight 💀

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

go read these too, iykyk 💜 the friend group is thriving.

and that's the whole page bestie!! compiled from ntpd-rs 1.9.0, under the NTP-DAEMON(8) banner, fresh off the man page shelf. now go forth and be on time ✨⏰ slay.

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