5.1.1 Ensure cron daemon is enabled

Information

The cron daemon is used to execute batch jobs on the system.

Rationale:

While there may not be user jobs that need to be run on the system, the system does have maintenance jobs that may include security monitoring that have to run, and cron is used to execute them.

Solution

Run the following command to enable cron :

# chkconfig crond on

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/files/3148

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Category: AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

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