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XCCDF
Guide to the Secure Configuration of Ubuntu 20.04
Services
Network Time Protocol
Ensure that chronyd is running under chrony user account
Ensure that chronyd is running under chrony user account
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Ensure that chronyd is running under chrony user account
Medium Severity
chrony is a daemon which implements the Network Time Protocol (NTP). It 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 ensure that chronyd is running under chrony user account,
user
variable in
/etc/chrony/chrony.conf
is set to
_chrony
or is absent:
user _chrony
This recommendation only applies if chrony is in use on the system.