diff --git a/DISTRO_PORTING b/DISTRO_PORTING index 0846ef0857..d1a187aa41 100644 --- a/DISTRO_PORTING +++ b/DISTRO_PORTING @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ HOWTO: -D setfont-path= -D tty-gid= -D ntp-servers= + -D dns-servers= -D support-url= 2) Try it out. Play around (as an ordinary user) with @@ -24,11 +25,10 @@ HOWTO: This will also inform you about ordering loops and suchlike. NTP POOL: - - By default, timesyncd uses the Google Public NTP servers - time[1-4].google.com. They serve time that uses a leap second - smear, and can be up to .5s off from servers that use stepped - leap seconds. + By default, systemd-timesyncd uses the Google Public NTP servers + time[1-4].google.com, if no other NTP configuration is available. They + serve time that uses a leap second smear, and can be up to .5s off from + servers that use stepped leap seconds. https://developers.google.com/time/smear @@ -39,6 +39,17 @@ NTP POOL: http://www.pool.ntp.org/en/vendors.html + Use -D ntp-servers= to direct systemd-timesyncd to different fallback + NTP servers. + +DNS SERVERS: + By default, systemd-resolved uses the Google Public DNS servers + 8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4, 2001:4860:4860::8888, 2001:4860:4860::8844 as + fallback, if no other DNS configuration is available. + + Use -D dns-servers= to direct systemd-resolved to different fallback + DNS servers. + PAM: The default PAM config shipped by systemd is really bare bones. It does not include many modules your distro might want to enable @@ -50,7 +61,6 @@ PAM: instead install your own. CONTRIBUTING UPSTREAM: - We generally do no longer accept distribution-specific patches to systemd upstream. If you have to make changes to systemd's source code to make it work on your distribution, unless your code is generic