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OL 8 passwords for new users or password changes must have a 24 hours/1 day minimum password lifetime restriction in "/etc/shadow".

An XCCDF Rule

Description

<VulnDiscussion>Enforcing a minimum password lifetime helps to prevent repeated password changes to defeat the password reuse or history enforcement requirement. If users are allowed to immediately and continually change their password, the password could be repeatedly changed in a short period of time to defeat the organization's policy regarding password reuse.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>

ID
SV-248694r779648_rule
Severity
Medium
References
Updated



Remediation - Manual Procedure

Configure non-compliant accounts to enforce a 24 hours/1 day minimum password lifetime: 
 
$ sudo chage -m 1 [user]