User Profile With Non-Expiring Passwords

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Description

User Profiles with non-expiring passwords are never required to change their password. Non-expiring passwords are security risks because if no automated solution is in place, users are never prompted to change their passwords.

How it is checked

Audit method: Manual review

This recommendation cannot be checked automatically. A scan lists it with these instructions when you pass --include-manual.

On a command line, type STRSQL and press Enter Enter the following SQL statement and press Enter. SELECT ALL USER_NAME, STATUS, PWDEXPITV, LASTUSED FROM QSYS2/USER_INFO T01 WHERE PWDEXPITV = -1 AND NOPWD ='NO' Service accounts may be excluded from the audit and remediation. A service account is a user account that is created explicitly to provide a security context for automated system and application services running on the system. Service accounts should be configured with a non-trivial, complex password that is used in an automated service process and ... (full steps: CIS section 4.8)

How it is fixed

Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch

To establish the recommended configuration, change all interactive user profile password expiration intervals to *SYSVAL. Note: Service profiles may be set to a non-expiring password (*NOMAX) commensurate with your organization policy. CHGUSRPRF USRPRF(<xxxxxx>) PWDEXPITV(*SYSVAL)

Properties

Operating systems: Any
Tags: ibm-ipassword-policy
Reference: CIS IBM i V7R5M0 Benchmark v2.1.0 - 4.8 User Profile With Non-Expiring Passwords