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V-256504

CAT II (Medium)

The Photon operating system must be configured so that passwords for new users are restricted to a 24-hour minimum lifetime.

Rule ID

SV-256504r982188_rule

STIG

VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance Photon OS Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R4

CCIs

CCI-000198

Discussion

Enforcing a minimum password lifetime helps to prevent repeated password changes to defeat the password reuse or history enforcement requirement. If users are allowed to immediately and continually change their password, the password could be repeatedly changed in a short period of time to defeat the organization's policy regarding password reuse.

Check Content

At the command line, run the following command:

# grep "^PASS_MIN_DAYS" /etc/login.defs

If "PASS_MIN_DAYS" is not set to "1", this is a finding.

Fix Text

Navigate to and open:

/etc/login.defs

Modify the "PASS_MIN_DAYS" line to the following: 

PASS_MIN_DAYS   1