Set Password Expiration Parameters on Active Accounts

How it is checked

Audit method: Shell command

command -v logins >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 1; out=$( { logins -ox | awk -F: '( $1 != "root" && $8 != "LK" && $8 != "NL" && ( $10 < 7 || $11 > 91 || $12 < 7 )) { print }'; grep -q "^MAXWEEKS=13$" /etc/default/passwd || echo "MAXWEEKS is not 13"; grep -q "^MINWEEKS=1$" /etc/default/passwd || echo "MINWEEKS is not 1"; grep -q "^WARNWEEKS=4$" /etc/default/passwd || echo "WARNWEEKS is not 4" ; } 2>/dev/null ); [ -z "$out" ] && echo compliant || printf '%s\n' "$out" | head -n 20

Expected output

compliant

How it is fixed

Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch

Perform the following to implement the recommended state: # logins -ox | awk -F: '($1 == "root" || $8 == "LK" || $8 == "NL") { next } ; { cmd = "passwd" } ; ($11 < 91) { cmd = cmd " -x 91" } ($10 < 7) { cmd = cmd " -n 7" } ($12 < 28) { cmd = cmd " -w 28" } (cmd != "passwd") { print cmd " " $1 }' > /etc/CISupd_accounts # /sbin/sh /etc/CISupd_accounts # rm -f /etc/CISupd_accounts # cd /etc/default # cp passwd passwd.orig # grep -v WEEKS passwd > passwd.CIS # cat <<EODefaults >> passwd.CIS MAXWEEKS=13 MINWEEKS=1 WARNWEEKS=1 EODefaults # mv passwd.CIS passwd

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