The timed daemon must be disabled on AIX.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-215363 | AIX7-00-003057 | SV-215363r958478_rule | CCI-000381 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| 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. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2024-08-16 | |||
Details
Check Text (C-215363r958478_chk)
From the command prompt, execute the following command:
# grep "^start[[:blank:]]/usr/sbin/timed" /etc/rc.tcpip
If there is any output from the command, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-16559r294541_fix)
In "/etc/rc.tcpip", comment out the "timed" entry by running command:
# chrctcp -d timed