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Tell a bit about automatic mode; ok jmc@

OPENBSD_6_6
otto 5 years ago
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.\" $OpenBSD: ntpd.8,v 1.41 2017/09/06 19:43:46 jmc Exp $
.\" $OpenBSD: ntpd.8,v 1.42 2019/06/20 08:26:13 otto Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2003, 2004, 2006 Henning Brauer <henning@openbsd.org>
.\"
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.\" AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT
.\" OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
.\"
.Dd $Mdocdate: September 6 2017 $
.Dd $Mdocdate: June 20 2019 $
.Dt NTPD 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
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Configtest mode.
Only check the configuration file for validity.
.It Fl S
Do not set the time immediately at startup.
This is the default.
Cancel the effect of the
.Fl s
flag.
.It Fl s
Try to set the time immediately at startup, as opposed to slowly adjusting the
clock.
By default
.Nm
attempts to set the time at boot if constraints are configured and
satisfied and the clock should be moved forward.
.Pp
.Nm
will stay in the foreground for up to 15 seconds waiting for one of the
configured NTP servers to reply.


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