Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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maximum password age
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minimum password age
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minimum password length
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Set Password Maximum Age
To specify password maximum age for new accounts, edit the file <code>/etc/login.defs</code> and add or correct the following line: <pre>PASS_MAX_D...Rule Medium Severity -
Set Password Minimum Age
To specify password minimum age for new accounts, edit the file <code>/etc/login.defs</code> and add or correct the following line: <pre>PASS_MIN_D...Rule Medium Severity -
Set Password Minimum Length in login.defs
To specify password length requirements for new accounts, edit the file <code>/etc/login.defs</code> and add or correct the following line: <pre>PA...Rule Medium Severity -
Set Existing Passwords Maximum Age
Configure non-compliant accounts to enforce a <xccdf-1.2:sub idref="xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_value_var_accounts_maximum_age_login_defs" use="le...Rule Medium Severity -
Set Existing Passwords Minimum Age
Configure non-compliant accounts to enforce a 24 hours/1 day minimum password lifetime by running the following command: <pre>$ sudo chage -m 1 <i>...Rule Medium Severity -
Set Existing Passwords Warning Age
To configure how many days prior to password expiration that a warning will be issued to users, run the command: <pre>$ sudo chage --warndays <xccd...Rule Medium Severity -
Set Password Warning Age
To specify how many days prior to password expiration that a warning will be issued to users, edit the file <code>/etc/login.defs</code> and add or...Rule Medium Severity
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