---
name: "chronyd"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "chrony"
version: "1.14-7"
release: "Debian 3.0 (Woody)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/chronyd"
---

# chronyd(1)

a daemon that sets your clock from the Net.

## NAME

chronyd - a daemon that sets your clock from the Net.

## SYNOPSIS

**chronyd** *\[options\]*\

## DESCRIPTION

**chronyd**\
  This is a daemon which runs in background on the system.  It obtains measurements (e.g. via the network) of the system's offset relative to other systems, and adjusts the system time accordingly.  For isolated systems, the user can periodically enter the correct time by hand (using  **chronyc** ).  In either case, **chronyd** determines the rate at which the computer gains or loses time, and compensates for this.

## FILES

/etc/chrony/chrony.conf, /etc/chrony/chrony.keys, /var/lib/chrony/chrony.drift,  /etc/init.d/chrony, /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/chrony, /etc/ppp/ip-down.d/chrony, /etc/cron.weekly/chrony, /var/log/chrony/

## SEE ALSO

The programs are documented fully in the info system under **chrony.** Just type 'info chrony'.  Also look at the files in /usr/share/doc/chrony.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by  John Hasler \<john@dhh.gt.org\> on Nov 7 1998, based on Richard Curnow's info documents.  It is licensed under the chrony license: see /usr/share/doc/chrony/COPYING.