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4.1.1.1 Ensure cron daemon is enabled and active

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.

Note: IF systemd timers are configured and used for scheduled tasks, this recommendation may be skipped

Solution

Run the following commands to unmask, enable, and start crond :

# systemctl unmask crond
# systemctl --now enable crond

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/15964

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

Plugin: Unix

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