From 68d3fb4af8f54ce546f36c1fa70a0f0f35c5932e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Miroslav Lichvar Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2023 15:01:19 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] doc: improve description of chronyd -Q option --- doc/chronyd.adoc | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/chronyd.adoc b/doc/chronyd.adoc index 7ba991d..38c1526 100644 --- a/doc/chronyd.adoc +++ b/doc/chronyd.adoc @@ -88,8 +88,10 @@ will not detach from the terminal. *-Q*:: This option is similar to the *-q* option, except it only prints the offset -without making any corrections of the clock and it allows *chronyd* to be -started without root privileges. +without making any corrections of the clock and disables server ports to allow +*chronyd* to be started without root privileges, assuming the configuration +does not have any directives which would require them (e.g. *refclock*, +*hwtimestamp*, *rtcfile*, etc). *-r*:: This option will try to reload and then delete files containing sample