Maximum password age (UNIX)

Module: Password Strength

This check reports agents that have a system default maximum password age greater than the specified value and agents that do not have a maximum password age setting. The check also reports users that have a maximum password age greater than the specified value.

The following table lists the error messages for the check.

Table: Error messages for Maximum password age

Message String ID and Category

Platform and Message Numeric ID

Message Title and Description

Additional Information

String ID: STKU_NO_MAXAGE

Category: ESM Error

UNIX (5348)

Title: Invalid maximum password age

Description:The accounts listed have not been assigned a proper value for the maximum age of the user password. Your policy should assign a proper value to increase the overall security of the system.

Severity: yellow-1

Correctable: false

Snapshot Updatable: false

Template Updatable: false

Information Field Format: [%s]

String ID: STKU_NOTSUPPORT_MAXAGE

Category: ESM Error

UNIX (5358)

Title: Maximum Password Age not supported

Description:The agent does not support the check for Maximum Password Age.

Severity: green-0

Correctable: false

Snapshot Updatable: false

Template Updatable: false

Information Field Format: [%s]