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

Based on your system configuration, run the appropriate one of the following commands to enable cron:

# systemctl --now enable cron

Additional Information:

Additional methods of enabling a service exist. Consult your distribution documentation for appropriate methods.

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/files/2971

Item Details

Category: AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

References: 800-53|AU-6, CSCv6|6, CSCv7|6

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