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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:15 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:15 -0400 |
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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man8/timed.8 b/static/netbsd/man8/timed.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..4965bdfc --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man8/timed.8 @@ -0,0 +1,279 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: timed.8,v 1.12 2004/09/28 16:37:08 wiz Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991 Regents of the University of California. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)timed.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 +.\" +.Dd May 11, 1993 +.Dt TIMED 8 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm timed +.Nd time server daemon +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl dMt +.Op Fl F Ar host ... +.Op Fl G Ar netgroup +.Op Fl i Ar network | Fl n Ar network +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +utility is a time server daemon +which is normally invoked at boot time from the +.Xr rc 8 +file. +It synchronizes the host's time with the time of other +machines, which are also running +.Nm , +in a local area network. +These time servers will slow down the clocks of some machines +and speed up the clocks of others to bring them to the average network time. +The average network time is computed from measurements of clock differences +using the +.Tn ICMP +timestamp request message. +.Pp +The following options are available: +.Bl -tag -width indent +.It Fl d +Enable debugging mode; +do not detach from the terminal. +.It Fl F Ar host ... +Create a list of trusted hosts. +The +.Nm +utility will only accept trusted hosts as masters. +If it finds an untrusted host claiming to be master, +.Nm +will suppress incoming messages from that host +and call for a new election. +This option implies the +.Fl M +option. +If this option is not specified, +all hosts on the connected networks are treated as trustworthy. +.It Fl G Ar netgroup +Specify a netgroup of trustworthy hosts, +in addition to any masters specified with the +.Fl M +flag. +This option may only be specified once. +.It Fl i Ar network +Add +.Ar network +to the list of networks to ignore. +All other networks +to which the machine is directly connected +are used by +.Nm . +This option may be specified multiple times +to add more than one network to the list. +.It Fl M +Allow this host to become a +.Nm +master if necessary. +.It Fl n Ar network +Add +.Ar network +to the list of allowed networks. +All other networks +to which the machine is directly connected +are ignored by +.Nm . +This option may be specified multiple times +to add more than one network to the list. +.It Fl t +Enable tracing of received messages +and log to the file +.Pa /var/log/timed.log . +Tracing can be turned on or off while +.Nm +is running with the +.Xr timedc 8 +utility. +.El +.Pp +The +.Fl n +and +.Fl i +flags are mutually exclusive +and require as arguments real networks to which +the host is connected +(see +.Xr networks 5 ) . +If neither flag is specified, +.Nm +will listen on all connected networks. +.Pp +A +.Nm +running without the +.Fl M +nor +.Fl F +flags will always remain a slave. +If the +.Fl F +flag is not used, +.Nm +will treat all machines as trustworthy. +.Pp +The +.Nm +utility is based on a master-slave +scheme. +When +.Nm +is started on a machine, it asks the master for the network time +and sets the host's clock to that time. +After that, it accepts synchronization messages periodically sent by +the master and calls +.Xr adjtime 2 +to perform the needed corrections on the host's clock. +.Pp +It also communicates with +.Xr date 1 +in order to set the date globally, +and with +.Xr timedc 8 , +a +.Nm +control utility. +If the machine running the master becomes unreachable, +the slaves will elect a new master +from among those slaves +which are running with at least one of the +.Fl M +and +.Fl F +flags. +.Pp +At startup +.Nm +normally checks for a master time server on each network to which +it is connected, except as modified by the +.Fl n +and +.Fl i +options described above. +It will request synchronization service from the first master server +located. +If permitted by the +.Fl M +or +.Fl F +flags, it will provide synchronization service on any attached networks +on which no trusted master server was detected. +Such a server propagates the time computed by the top-level master. +The +.Nm +utility will periodically check for the presence of a master +on those networks for which it is operating as a slave. +If it finds that there are no trusted masters on a network, +it will begin the election process on that network. +.Pp +One way to synchronize a group of machines is to use +.Xr ntpd 8 +to +synchronize the clock of one machine to a distant standard or a radio +receiver and +.Fl F Ar hostname +to tell its +.Nm +to trust only itself. +.Pp +Messages printed by the kernel on the system console occur with +interrupts disabled. +This means that the clock stops while they are printing. +A machine with many disk or network hardware problems and consequent +messages cannot keep good time by itself. +Each message typically causes +the clock to lose a dozen milliseconds. +A time daemon can correct the result. +.Pp +Messages in the system log about machines that failed to respond +usually indicate machines that crashed or were turned off. +Complaints about machines that failed to respond to initial time +settings are often associated with +.Dq multi-homed +machines that looked for time masters on more than one network and eventually +chose to become a slave on the other network. +.Sh WARNINGS +Temporal chaos will result if two or more time daemons attempt +to adjust the same clock. +If both +.Nm +and another time daemon are run on the same machine, +ensure that the +.Fl F +flag is used, so that +.Nm +never attempts to adjust the local clock. +.Pp +The protocol is based on +.Tn UDP/IP +broadcasts. +All machines within the range of a broadcast that are using the +.Tn TSP +protocol must cooperate. +There cannot be more than a single administrative domain using the +.Fl F +flag among all machines reached by a broadcast packet. +Failure to follow this rule is usually indicated by complaints concerning +.Dq untrusted +machines in the system log. +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width /var/log/timed.masterlog -compact +.It Pa /var/log/timed.log +tracing file for +.Nm +.It Pa /var/log/timed.masterlog +log file for master +.Nm +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr date 1 , +.Xr adjtime 2 , +.Xr gettimeofday 2 , +.Xr icmp 4 , +.Xr netgroup 5 , +.Xr networks 5 , +.Xr ntpd 8 , +.Xr timedc 8 +.Rs +.%T "TSP: The Time Synchronization Protocol for UNIX 4.3BSD" +.%A R. Gusella +.%A S. Zatti +.Re +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +utility appeared in +.Bx 4.3 . |
