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authorDaan De Meyer <daan.j.demeyer@gmail.com>2020-04-14 13:43:11 +0200
committerZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>2020-04-16 20:12:56 +0200
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parentman: update description of polkit rules for systemd1 (diff)
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@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-timedated.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- is a system service that can be used to control the system time and related settings. This page
+ is a system service that can be used to control the system time and related settings. This page
describes the D-Bus interface.</para>
</refsect1>
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ node /org/freedesktop/timedate1 {
<para>Use <function>SetTime()</function> to change the system clock. Pass a value of microseconds since
the UNIX epoch (1 Jan 1970 UTC). If <varname>relative</varname> is true, the passed usec value will be
- added to the current system time, if it is false the current system time will be set to the passed usec
- value. If the system time is set with this call the RTC will be updated as well.</para>
+ added to the current system time. If it is false, the current system time will be set to the passed usec
+ value. If the system time is set with this method, the RTC will be updated as well.</para>
<para>Use <function>SetTimezone()</function> to set the system timezone. Pass a value like
<literal>Europe/Berlin</literal> to set the timezone. Valid timezones are listed in
@@ -102,11 +102,11 @@ node /org/freedesktop/timedate1 {
time, it will be updated accordingly.</para>
<para>Use <function>SetLocalRTC()</function> to control whether the RTC is in local time or UTC. It is
- strongly recommended to maintain the RTC in UTC. Some OSes (Windows) however maintain the RTC in local
- time, which might make it necessary to enable this feature. However, this creates various problems as
- daylight changes might be missed. If <varname>fix_system</varname> is passed <literal>true</literal>,
- the time from the RTC is read again and the system clock adjusted according to the new setting. If
- <varname>fix_system</varname> is passed <literal>false</literal> the system time is written to the RTC
+ strongly recommended to maintain the RTC in UTC. However, some OSes (Windows) maintain the RTC in local
+ time, which might make it necessary to enable this feature. Note that this might create various problems as
+ daylight changes could be missed. If <varname>fix_system</varname> is <literal>true</literal>,
+ the time from the RTC is read again and the system clock is adjusted according to the new setting. If
+ <varname>fix_system</varname> is <literal>false</literal>, the system time is written to the RTC
taking the new setting into account. Use <varname>fix_system=true</varname> in installers and livecds
where the RTC is probably more reliable than the system time. Use <varname>fix_system=false</varname>
in configuration UIs that are run during normal operation and where the system clock is probably more
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ node /org/freedesktop/timedate1 {
network using <filename>systemd-timesyncd</filename>. This will enable and start or disable and stop
the chosen time synchronization service.</para>
- <para>Whenever the timezone and local_rtc settings are changed via the daemon
+ <para>Whenever the timezone and local_rtc settings are changed via the daemon,
<function>PropertyChanged</function> signals are sent out to which clients can subscribe. Changing the
time settings using this interface is authenticated via PolicyKit.</para>
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ node /org/freedesktop/timedate1 {
</para>
<para>The <varname>user_interaction</varname> boolean parameters can be used to control whether
- PolicyKit should interactively ask the user for authentication credentials if it needs to.</para>
+ PolicyKit should interactively ask the user for authentication credentials if required.</para>
<para>The PolicyKit action for <function>SetTimezone()</function> is
<interfacename>org.freedesktop.timedate1.set-timezone</interfacename>. For