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authorcharnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>2002-07-14 14:47:15 +0000
committercharnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>2002-07-14 14:47:15 +0000
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The .Nm utility
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/timed')
-rw-r--r--usr.sbin/timed/timed/timed.815
-rw-r--r--usr.sbin/timed/timedc/timedc.87
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/timed/timed/timed.8 b/usr.sbin/timed/timed/timed.8
index 8c36e9e..5102e6f 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/timed/timed/timed.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/timed/timed/timed.8
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
-daemon is a time server daemon
+utility is a time server daemon
which is normally invoked at boot time from the
.Xr rc.network 8
file.
@@ -79,8 +79,9 @@ This option may be specified multiple times
to add more than one network to the list.
.It Fl F Ar host ...
Create a list of trusted hosts.
+The
.Nm
-will only accept trusted hosts as masters.
+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
@@ -141,8 +142,9 @@ flag is not used,
.Nm
will treat all machines as trustworthy.
.Pp
+The
.Nm
-is based on a master-slave
+utility is based on a master-slave
scheme.
When
.Nm
@@ -160,7 +162,7 @@ and with
.Xr timedc 8 ,
a
.Nm
-control program.
+control utility.
If the machine running the master becomes unreachable,
the slaves will elect a new master
from among those slaves
@@ -187,8 +189,9 @@ or
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
-will periodically check for the presence of a master
+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.
@@ -260,5 +263,5 @@ log file for master timed
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
-daemon appeared in
+utility appeared in
.Bx 4.3 .
diff --git a/usr.sbin/timed/timedc/timedc.8 b/usr.sbin/timed/timedc/timedc.8
index c431c56..1a24e96 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/timed/timedc/timedc.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/timed/timedc/timedc.8
@@ -42,8 +42,9 @@
.Nm
.Op Ar command Op Ar argument ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-.Nm Timedc
-is used to control the operation of the
+The
+.Nm
+utility is used to control the operation of the
.Xr timed 8
program.
It may be used to:
@@ -139,5 +140,5 @@ command can be executed by root only
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
-command appeared in
+utility appeared in
.Bx 4.3 .
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