The timed daemon must be disabled on AIX.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| medium | V-215363 | SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049 | AIX7-00-003057 | SV-215363r958478_rule | 2026-02-06 | 3 |
Description
This is the old UNIX time service.
The timed daemon is the old UNIX time service. Disable this service and use xntp, if time synchronization is required in the environment.
ℹ️ Check
From the command prompt, execute the following command:
# grep "^start[[:blank:]]/usr/sbin/timed" /etc/rc.tcpip
If there is any output from the command, this is a finding.
✔️ Fix
In "/etc/rc.tcpip", comment out the "timed" entry by running command:
# chrctcp -d timed