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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
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Ensure sudo passwd_timeout is appropriate - sudo passwd_timeout
Ensure sudo passwd_timeout is appropriate - sudo passwd_timeout
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Ensure sudo passwd_timeout is appropriate - sudo passwd_timeout
Medium Severity
The sudo
passwd_timeout
tag sets the amount of time sudo password prompt waits. On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, the default
passwd_timeout
value is 5 minutes. The passwd_timeout should be configured by making sure that the
passwd_timeout=
tag exists in
/etc/sudoers
configuration file or any sudo configuration snippets in
/etc/sudoers.d/
.