Apparently James and Carlos are not using systemd-timesyncd.service as I am trying to, since I'm also using systemd-networkd instead of NM or Wicked: # systemctl list-unit-files | egrep 'hron|ntp|times|wick|rkMana' chrony-dnssrv@.service static - chrony-wait.service disabled disabled chronyd.service enabled disabled systemd-timesyncd.service enabled disabled chrony-dnssrv@.timer disabled disabled # rpm -ql systemd | grep timesy /etc/systemd/timesyncd.conf /usr/lib/systemd/ntp-units.d/80-systemd-timesync.list /usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-timesyncd /usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.freedesktop.timesync1.service /usr/share/dbus-1/system.d/org.freedesktop.timesync1.conf /usr/share/man/man5/timesyncd.conf.5.gz /usr/share/man/man5/timesyncd.conf.d.5.gz /usr/share/man/man8/systemd-timesyncd.8.gz /usr/share/man/man8/systemd-timesyncd.service.8.gz # cat /usr/lib/systemd/ntp-units.d/80-systemd-timesync.list # This file is part of systemd. # See systemd-timedated.service(8) for more information. systemd-timesyncd.service # cat /etc/systemd/timesyncd.conf # This file is part of systemd. # # systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the # terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free # Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) # any later version. # # Entries in this file show the compile time defaults. Local configuration # should be created by either modifying this file, or by creating "drop-ins" in # the timesyncd.conf.d/ subdirectory. The latter is generally recommended. # Defaults can be restored by simply deleting this file and all drop-ins. # # See timesyncd.conf(5) for details. [Time] #NTP= #FallbackNTP=time1.google.com time2.google.com time3.google.com time4.google.com #RootDistanceMaxSec=5 #PollIntervalMinSec=32 #PollIntervalMaxSec=2048 I too am trying to override the defaults, switching to *.pool.ntp.org, with no luck so far trying to learn where the defaults are ensconced. So far I have learned that changing the #NTP= line to NTP=0.us.pool.ntp.org 1.us.pool.ntp.org 2.us.pool.ntp.org 3.us.pool.ntp.org apparently doesn't work. Restoring the file and creating /etc/systemd/timesyncd.conf.d/10-override.conf containing only NTP=0.us.pool.ntp.org 1.us.pool.ntp.org 2.us.pool.ntp.org 3.us.pool.ntp.org apparently doesn't work either: # systemctl status systemd-timesyncd ○ systemd-timesyncd.service - Network Time Synchronization Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: inactive (dead) Docs: man:systemd-timesyncd.service(8) -- Evolution as taught in public schools is, like religion, based on faith, not based on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata