CCE-90713-9Platform: rhel7,centos7 | Date: (C)2017-06-29 (M)2022-10-10 |
Enable cron Service
The 'crond' service is used to execute commands at
preconfigured times. It is required by almost all systems to perform necessary
maintenance tasks, such as notifying root of system activity.
The 'crond' service can be enabled with the following command:
'$ sudo systemctl enable crond'
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Due to its usage for maintenance and security-supporting tasks,
enabling the cron daemon is essential.
Fix:
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# Enable crond.service for all systemd targets
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systemctl enable crond.service
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# Start crond.service if not currently running
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systemctl start crond.service
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SCAP Repo OVAL Definition | oval:org.secpod.oval:def:30404 |
SCAP Repo OVAL Definition | oval:org.secpod.oval:def:31127 |