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4.1.1 Ensure cron daemon is installed and enabled

Information

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

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

-- IF -- Cron is being used to execute batch jobs on the system:

Run the following command to install and enable cron :

# dnf install cronie
# systemctl --now enable crond

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/12705

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

References: 800-53|CM-1, 800-53|CM-2, 800-53|CM-6, 800-53|CM-7, 800-53|IA-5

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