The time daemon must be disabled on AIX.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-215373 | AIX7-00-003068 | SV-215373r958478_rule | CCI-000381 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| 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 This has been superseded by NTP, which should be used if time synchronization is necessary.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. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2024-08-16 | |||
Details
Check Text (C-215373r958478_chk)
From the command prompt, execute the following command:
# grep "^time[[:blank:]]" /etc/inetd.conf
If there is any output from the command, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-16569r294571_fix)
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