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The Photon operating system must enforce one day as the minimum password lifetime.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

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, then the password could be repeatedly changed in a short period of time to defeat the organization's policy regarding password reuse.

ID
SV-258820r1003634_rule
Version
PHTN-40-000041
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

Navigate to and open:

/etc/login.defs

Add or update the following line: 

PASS_MIN_DAYS 1