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doc: improve description of -x in chronyd man page

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Miroslav Lichvar 2018-03-14 13:27:03 +01:00
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@ -157,11 +157,13 @@ This option will lock *chronyd* into RAM so that it will never be paged out.
This mode is only supported on Linux. This mode is only supported on Linux.
*-x*:: *-x*::
This option disables the control of the system clock. *chronyd* will not make This option disables the control of the system clock. *chronyd* will not try to
any adjustments of the clock, but it will still track its offset and frequency make any adjustments of the clock. It will assume the clock is free running and
relative to the estimated true time, and be able to operate as an NTP server. still track its offset and frequency relative to the estimated true time. This
This allows *chronyd* to run without the capability to adjust or set the system option allows *chronyd* to run without the capability to adjust or set the
clock (e.g. in some containers). system clock (e.g. in some containers) in order to operate as an NTP server. It
is not recommended to run *chronyd* (with or without *-x*) when another process
is controlling the system clock.
*-v*:: *-v*::
With this option *chronyd* will print version number to the terminal and exit. With this option *chronyd* will print version number to the terminal and exit.