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Password Ageing and Account Expiry

A password policy arrives and six accounts are in six different states. Read /etc/shadow, set the defaults for new accounts, bring an existing account under the policy, force a password change, renew an expired account, and lock and unlock passwords.

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In this moduleIdentity and Access

  1. Special Permissions: setuid, setgid, and the Sticky Bit30 min
  2. Password Ageing and Account ExpiryYou are here
  3. SELinux Port Labels and Booleans30 min
  4. Troubleshoot an SELinux Denial30 min