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AIX7-00-003068 - The time daemon must be disabled on AIX.
Information
This service can be used to synchronize system clocks.The time service is an obsolete process used to synchronize system clocks at boot time. This has been superseded by NTP, which should be used if time synchronization is necessary. Unless required the time service must be disabled.
Solution
In "/etc/inetd.conf", comment out the "time" entries by running commands:# chsubserver -r inetd -C /etc/inetd.conf -d -v 'time' -p 'udp'
# chsubserver -r inetd -C /etc/inetd.conf -d -v 'time' -p 'tcp'
Restart inetd:
# refresh -s inetd
See Also
https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_IBM_AIX_7-x_V3R3_STIG.zip
Item Details
Audit Name: DISA IBM AIX 7.x STIG v3r3
Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT
References: 800-53|CM-7a., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000381, Rule-ID|SV-215373r958478_rule, STIG-ID|AIX7-00-003068, STIG-Legacy|SV-101473, STIG-Legacy|V-91375, Vuln-ID|V-215373
Plugin: Unix
Control ID: ac729244844b8ec5fbbcecbb1c61667c0b10282e4018e9909c754b68c3257516