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AIX7-00-003057 - The timed daemon must be disabled on AIX.

Information

This is the old UNIX time service.

The timed daemon is the old UNIX time service. Disable this service and use xntp, if time synchronization is required in the environment.

Solution

In "/etc/rc.tcpip", comment out the "timed" entry by running command:
# chrctcp -d timed

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_IBM_AIX_7-x_V3R3_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-7a., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000381, Rule-ID|SV-215363r958478_rule, STIG-ID|AIX7-00-003057, STIG-Legacy|SV-101451, STIG-Legacy|V-91353, Vuln-ID|V-215363

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: bd2a2da6bae299f02fe4782bf26bc6803129c4915fb92ae25e81c082cb9f3788