troubleshooting Question
Unix nagios account : audit requires it to have password expiry : how to work around it?
sunhux asked on
We got an audit finding that our Solaris (& possibly Linux as well but I haven't
verify) OS account used for Nagios monitoring do not have password expiry.
Q1:
However, when a Solaris account got expired, it'll cause service disruption
(just like root's cron jobs): is there any way around this?
Q2:
Can we set the SHELL for the nagios account to /bin/false or no shell so
that it's deemed as non-interactive account & don't require password
expiry? Will Nagios still work with no shell or a false shell??
Q3:
if we change the password of this nagios account periodically, do we
need to change it in nagios (script or settings) somewhere?
verify) OS account used for Nagios monitoring do not have password expiry.
Q1:
However, when a Solaris account got expired, it'll cause service disruption
(just like root's cron jobs): is there any way around this?
Q2:
Can we set the SHELL for the nagios account to /bin/false or no shell so
that it's deemed as non-interactive account & don't require password
expiry? Will Nagios still work with no shell or a false shell??
Q3:
if we change the password of this nagios account periodically, do we
need to change it in nagios (script or settings) somewhere?
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