RHEL 9 chronyd service must be enabled.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-257944	RHEL-09-252015	SV-257944r997066_rule		Medium

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. Synchronizing internal information system clocks provides uniformity of time stamps for information systems with multiple system clocks and systems connected over a network.

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. Synchronizing internal information system clocks provides uniformity of time stamps for information systems with multiple system clocks and systems connected over a network.

STIG	Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2024-06-04

Details

Check Text ( C-61685r925817_chk )
Verify the chronyd service is active with the following command: $ systemctl is-active chronyd active If the chronyd service is not active, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-61609r925818_fix)
To enable the chronyd service run the following command: $ sudo systemctl enable --now chronyd