How to set user password expirations on Linux

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Jul 6, 2022 8:54 AM EDT
Enable Sysadmin; By Evans Amoany
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User accounts created on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) servers are by default assigned 99,999 days until their password expires. The Center for Internet Security (CIS) provides some advice on controls for hardening systems, and one of these is setting password expirations to 365 days or less. The security team usually enforces this setting, but system administrators must ensure this is done.

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