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enable_cron.sh says cron is disabled even though it is enabled
OS: Debian 12 Virt: LXC container Version of the debian-cis script: latest (pulled from master)
The script says that cron service is disabled even though it is enabled and started:
5.1.1_enable_cron [ KO ] Check Failed
5.1.1_enable_cron [ KO ] cron is disabled
5.1.1_enable_cron [ KO ] Check Failed
● cron.service - Regular background program processing daemon
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/cron.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Thu 2025-08-07 09:09:38 CEST; 44min ago
Docs: man:cron(8)
Main PID: 98 (cron)
Tasks: 1 (limit: 4915)
Memory: 3.3M
CGroup: /system.slice/cron.service
└─98 /usr/sbin/cron -f
Debug log:
5.1.1_enable_cron [DBG ] Audit argument detected, setting status to audit
5.1.1_enable_cron [DBG ] Unknown option passed
5.1.1_enable_cron [DBG ] Unknown option passed
5.1.1_enable_cron [DBG ] Audit argument detected, setting status to audit
5.1.1_enable_cron [DBG ] cron is installed
5.1.1_enable_cron [DBG ] init process is not '/sbin/init'
5.1.1_enable_cron [DBG ] host was not started using '/sbin/init', systemd should not be available
5.1.1_enable_cron [ KO ] cron is disabled
5.1.1_enable_cron [ KO ] Check Failed
I have no clue what to do. Looks like the issue is due to yesterday changes https://github.com/ovh/debian-cis/commit/a9d2e76cdbdafc75270fb2ff1080ff6336560662
Thanks for the help