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How to list security policy of Red Hat Linux, specifically need password expiration and grace period thereof
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I am running Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.2 and it has a security policy that expires passwords after 90 days. I want to find out specifically what the grace period is (if any) and generally how to list all of the terms of the security policy.
Thank you,
Peter
I am running Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.2 and it has a security policy that expires passwords after 90 days. I want to find out specifically what the grace period is (if any) and generally how to list all of the terms of the security policy.
Thank you,
Peter
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As far as I recall you will not be able to login after this date without changing your password.
I don't believe that it makes your account inactive.
The account expires value would be the one that you would be concerned about in that case.
The super-user could re-activate your password simply by changing it with the passwd command.
I don't believe that it makes your account inactive.
The account expires value would be the one that you would be concerned about in that case.
The super-user could re-activate your password simply by changing it with the passwd command.
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The Linux operating system, in all its flavors, has its own share of security flaws that allow intrusions, but there are various mechanisms by which these flaws can be removed, generally divided into two parts: authentication and access control. Authentication is responsible for ensuring that a user requesting access to the system is really the user with the account, while access control is responsible for controlling which resources each account has access to and what kind of access is permitted.
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ast password change : Nov 11, 2010
Password expires : Feb 09, 2011
Password inactive : Feb 09, 2011
Account expires : never
Minimum number of days between password change : 0
Maximum number of days between password change : 90
Number of days of warning before password expires : 5
I interpret this as meaning that if I don't change my password by Feb 09, 2011 I will be locked out and have to get help from the system administrator. At that point what does the administrator do? Is there a command to reactivate the user so they can log in and change their own password?