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XCCDF
Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
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Disable System Statistics Reset Service (sysstat)
Disable System Statistics Reset Service (sysstat)
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Disable System Statistics Reset Service (sysstat)
Low Severity
The
sysstat
service resets various I/O and CPU performance statistics to zero in order to begin counting from a fresh state at boot time. The
sysstat
service can be disabled with the following command:
$ sudo systemctl mask --now sysstat.service