The Photon operating system must ensure the old passwords are being stored.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-256586 | PHTN-30-000118 | SV-256586r982201_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 result is a password that is not changed per policy requirements. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance Photon OS Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2024-12-16 | |||
Details
Check Text (C-256586r982201_chk)
At the command line, run the following command:
# ls -al /etc/security/opasswd
If "/etc/security/opasswd" does not exist, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-60204r887431_fix)
At the command line, run the following commands:
# touch /etc/security/opasswd
# chown root:root /etc/security/opasswd
# chmod 0600 /etc/security/opasswd