Disable anacron Service
An XCCDF Rule
Description
The cronie-anacron package, which provides anacron
functionality, is installed by default.
The cronie-anacron package can be removed with the following command:
$ sudo yum erase cronie-anacron
Rationale
The anacron service provides cron functionality for systems
such as laptops and workstations that may be shut down during the normal times
that cron jobs are scheduled to run. On systems which do not require this
additional functionality, anacron could needlessly increase the possible
attack surface for an intruder.
- ID
- xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_disable_anacron
- Severity
- Unknown
- References
- Updated