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RHEL 9 must have the chrony package installed.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

Inaccurate time stamps make it more difficult to correlate events and can lead to an inaccurate analysis. Determining the correct time a particular event occurred on a system is critical when conducting forensic analysis and investigating system events. Sources outside the configured acceptable allowance (drift) may be inaccurate.

ID
SV-257943r1045001_rule
Version
RHEL-09-252010
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

The chrony package can be installed with the following command:
 
$ sudo dnf install chrony