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org.freedesktop.timesync1(5)

ORG.FREEDESKTOP.TIMESYNC1(5) org.freedesktop.timesync1 ORG.FREEDESKTOP.TIMESYNC1(5)


.SH "NAME" org.freedesktop.timesync1 - The D-Bus interface of systemd-timesyncd


.SH "INTRODUCTION"


.PP systemd-timesyncd.service(8) is a system service that may be used to synchronize the local system clock with a remote Network Time Protocol (NTP) server. This page describes the D-Bus interface.


.SH "THE MANAGER OBJECT"


.PP The service exposes the following interfaces on the Manager object on the bus:

node /org/freedesktop/timesync1 {

interface org.freedesktop.timesync1.Manager {
methods:
SetRuntimeNTPServers(in as runtime_servers);
properties:
readonly as LinkNTPServers = ['...', ...];
readonly as SystemNTPServers = ['...', ...];
readonly as RuntimeNTPServers = ['...', ...];
readonly as FallbackNTPServers = ['...', ...];
@org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("false")
readonly s ServerName = '...';
@org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("false")
readonly (iay) ServerAddress = ...;
@org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const")
readonly t RootDistanceMaxUSec = ...;
@org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const")
readonly t PollIntervalMinUSec = ...;
@org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const")
readonly t PollIntervalMaxUSec = ...;
@org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("false")
readonly t PollIntervalUSec = ...;
readonly (uuuuittayttttbtt) NTPMessage = ...;
@org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("false")
readonly x Frequency = ...;
};
interface org.freedesktop.DBus.Peer { ... };
interface org.freedesktop.DBus.Introspectable { ... };
interface org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties { ... }; };


.PP Provides information about the manager.


.SH "EXAMPLES"


.PP Example 1. Introspect org.freedesktop.timesync1.Manager on the bus

$ gdbus introspect --system \

--dest org.freedesktop.timesync1 \
--object-path /org/freedesktop/timesync1


.SH "VERSIONING"


.PP These D-Bus interfaces follow the usual interface versioning guidelines[1].


.SH "SEE ALSO"


.PP systemd(1), systemd-timesyncd.service(8)

1.
the usual interface versioning guidelines
https://0pointer.de/blog/projects/versioning-dbus.html
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