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PHTN-40-000042 - The Photon operating systems must enforce a 90-day maximum password lifetime restriction.

Information

Any password, no matter how complex, can eventually be cracked. Therefore, passwords need to be changed periodically. If the operating system does not limit the lifetime of passwords and force users to change their passwords, there is the risk that the operating system passwords could be compromised.

Solution

Navigate to and open:

/etc/login.defs

Add or update the following line:

PASS_MAX_DAYS 180

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_VMW_vSphere_8-0_Y26M10_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

References: 800-53|IA-5(1)(d), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000199, CCI|CCI-004066, Rule-ID|SV-258821r1264149_rule, STIG-ID|PHTN-40-000042, Vuln-ID|V-258821

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: c6ee126e3b4deed0e2735b91717c852bc0fabf172143387f3fca9d0a3f1a1a96