[systemd-devel] systemd-timesyncd with read-only root filesystem

[André Hartmann]

Hi Martin,

sorry for the *long* delay, but I was sick and then on christmas vacation.

 > Again this requires /etc/systemd/system/ to be writable, of course --
 > but if you want to allow users to configure the system
 > (/etc/systemd/system/ or /etc/timezone etc.) you need to have at least
 > these directories writable.

Ok, if this is the only possibility, then I have to go this road.

I'm currently bound to a "slightly higher priority project", but may 
come back to you once this appears on my desk again.

Best regards (and by the way, thanks for all your hints).

Best regards,
André

Am 10.12.2016 um 18:01 schrieb Martin Pitt:
> Hello André,
>
> André Hartmann [2016-12-09 10:46 +0100]:
>> To sum up again what I actually want to achive:
>>
>> I want to use NTP after bootup by default, but in case no NTP is available,
>> the user should be able to set the date and time by hand
>> with timedatectl. But timedatectl refuses to do so, if "NTP is enabled".
>>
>> And this is my main problem: I don't know how timedatectl decides
>> if NTP is enabled or not.
>
> It checks whether systemd-timesyncd.service is enabled. Likewise,
> enabling/disabling NTP with "timedatectl set-ntp" is just a frontend
> for "systemctl enable/disable systemd-timesyncd.service".
>
> Again this requires /etc/systemd/system/ to be writable, of course --
> but if you want to allow users to configure the system
> (/etc/systemd/system/ or /etc/timezone etc.) you need to have at least
> these directories writable.
>
>>>> # systemctl status systemd.timesyncd
>>>> *  systemd.timesyncd.service
>>>>    Loaded: not-found (Reason: No such file or directory)
>>>>    Active: inactive (dead)
>
> It's systemd-timesyncd (dash, not dot).
>
> Viele Grüße,
>
> Martin
>


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