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XCCDF
Guide to the Secure Configuration of Ubuntu 18.04
Services
Network Time Protocol
The Chronyd service is enabled
The Chronyd service is enabled
An XCCDF Rule
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The Chronyd service is enabled
Medium Severity
chrony is a daemon which implements the Network Time Protocol (NTP) is designed to synchronize system clocks across a variety of systems and use a source that is highly accurate. More information on chrony can be found at
http://chrony.tuxfamily.org/
. Chrony can be configured to be a client and/or a server. To enable Chronyd service, you can run:
# systemctl enable chronyd.service
This recommendation only applies if chrony is in use on the system.