SLEM 5 must employ a password history file.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-261390 | SLEM-05-611075 | SV-261390r996595_rule | CCI-000200 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks. If the information system or application allows the user to consecutively reuse their password when that password has exceeded its defined lifetime, the end result is a password that is not changed as per policy requirements. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro (SLEM) 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2025-05-08 | |||
Details
Check Text (C-261390r996595_chk)
Verify the password history file exists on SLEM 5 with the following command:
> ls -al /etc/security/opasswd
-rw------- 1 root root 82 Dec 7 19:41 /etc/security/opasswd
If the "/etc/security/opasswd" file does not exist, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-65027r996594_fix)
Configure SLEM 5 to create the password history file with the following commands:
Create the file:
> sudo touch /etc/security/opasswd
Set ownership permissions:
> sudo chown root:root /etc/security/opasswd
Set access permissions:
> sudo chmod 0600 /etc/security/opasswd