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diff --git a/docs/docs/stable/mcc-help/en/drakwizard_ntp.xml b/docs/docs/stable/mcc-help/en/drakwizard_ntp.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..656e2851 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/docs/stable/mcc-help/en/drakwizard_ntp.xml @@ -0,0 +1,124 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<section version="5.0" xml:id="drakwizard_ntp" + xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" + xmlns:ns5="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" + xmlns:ns4="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" + xmlns:ns3="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" + xmlns:ns2="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" + xmlns:ns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"> + <info> + <title xml:id="drakwizard_ntp-ti1">Configure time</title> + + <subtitle>drakwizard ntp</subtitle> + </info> + + <!-- 2013-10-25 Lebarhon - 3 screenshots ready to be added when it is possible --> + + <mediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata align="center" fileref="drakwizard_ntp.png" format="PNG" + revision="1" xml:id="drakwizard_ntp-im1"/> + </imageobject> + </mediaobject> + + <para>This tool<footnote> + <para>You can start this tool from the command line, by typing <emphasis + role="bold">drakwizard ntp</emphasis> as root.</para> + </footnote> purpose is to set the time of your server synchronised with an + external server. It isn't installed by default and you have to also install + the drakwizard and drakwizard-base packages.</para> + + <section> + <title>Setup a NTP server with drakwizard ntp</title> + + <procedure> + <step> + <para>After a welcome screen (see above), the second one ask you to + choose three time servers in the drop down lists and suggests to use + pool.ntp.org twice because this server always points to available time + servers.</para> + + <mediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="drakwizard-ntp1.png"/> + </imageobject> + </mediaobject> + + <mediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="drakwizard-ntp2.png"> + <info> + <author> + <personname/> + </author> + + <pubdate/> + </info> + </imagedata> + </imageobject> + </mediaobject> + </step> + + <step> + <para>The following screens allows to choose the region and the city + and then, you arrive on a summary. If something is wrong, you can + obviously change it using the <guibutton>Previous</guibutton>button. + If everything is right, click on the <guibutton>Next</guibutton> + button to proceed to the test. It may take a while and you finally get + this screen below:</para> + + <mediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="drakwizard-ntp3.png"/> + </imageobject> + </mediaobject> + </step> + + <step> + <para>Click on the <guibutton>Finish</guibutton> button to close the + tool</para> + </step> + </procedure> + + <para/> + </section> + + <section> + <title>What is done</title> + + <para>This tool executes the following steps:</para> + + <para><itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para>Installing the package <code>ntp</code> if needed</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Saving the files <code>/etc/sysconfig/clock</code> to + <code>/etc/sysconfig/clock.orig</code> and + <code>/etc/ntp/step-tickers</code> to + <code>/etc/ntp/step-tickers.orig</code>;</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Writing a new file <code>/etc/ntp/step-tickers</code> with the + list of servers;</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Modifying the file <code>/etc/ntp.conf</code> by inserting the + first server name;</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Stopping and starting <code>crond</code>, <code>atd</code> and + <code>ntpd</code> services;</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Setting the hardware clock to the current system time with UTC + reference.</para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist></para> + </section> +</section> |