On Wed, Oct 1, 2025 at 6:56 AM Alipour Alipour <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > Is there a config file to control (enable/disable) the `timedatectl` NTP > service status without using the `timedatectl set-ntp` command line? > > I.e. where does `timedatectl` save its NTP service status when you use the > `timedatectl set-ntp` command? Or is it just in memory and is reset between > reboots? > Timedatectl doesn't have an *internal* NTP service – it directly controls the enable status of the "systemd-timesyncd.service" unit, which is then stored as a symlink in /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/ (as "systemctl enable <unit>" shows). (On some distributions it could control some other NTP client, like chrony.service or ntp.service – see the last section of "man systemd-timedated" for where the actual name is defined.)
