Minimum password history (UNIX)

Module: Password Strength

This check reports agents and users with password history settings that are less than a specified minimum number of passwords. It also reports agents that do not have password history settings. This check is available on AIX ,trusted mode HP-UX 11+ and Solaris 10 systems only.

The following table lists the error messages for the check.

Table: Error messages for Minimum password history

Message String ID and Category

Platform and Message Numeric ID

Message Title and Description

Additional Information

String ID: STKU_NO_HISTSIZE

Category: ESM Error

UNIX (5353)

Title: Invalid minimum password history

Description:The accounts listed have not been assigned a proper value for the minimum number of user passwords that will be retained as history to prevent reuse of previously-used passwords. 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_HISTSIZE

Category: ESM Error

UNIX (5363)

Title: Minimum Password History not supported

Description:The agent does not support the Minimum Password History check.

Severity: green-0

Correctable: false

Snapshot Updatable: false

Template Updatable: false

Information Field Format: [%s]