Description
To specify how many days prior to password
expiration that a warning will be issued to users,
edit the file /etc/login.defs and add or correct
the following line:
The DoD requirement is 7.
The profile requirement is 7.
Rationale
Setting the password warning age enables users to
make the change at a practical time.
Shell script
The following script can be run on the host to remediate the issue.
#!/bin/bash
# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if dpkg-query --show --showformat='${db:Status-Status}\n' 'login' 2>/dev/null | grep -q installed; then
var_accounts_password_warn_age_login_defs='7'
# Strip any search characters in the key arg so that the key can be replaced without
# adding any search characters to the config file.
stripped_key=$(sed 's/[\^=\$,;+]*//g' <<< "^PASS_WARN_AGE")
# shellcheck disable=SC2059
printf -v formatted_output "%s %s" "$stripped_key" "$var_accounts_password_warn_age_login_defs"
# If the key exists, change it. Otherwise, add it to the config_file.
# We search for the key string followed by a word boundary (matched by \>),
# so if we search for 'setting', 'setting2' won't match.
if LC_ALL=C grep -q -m 1 -i -e "^PASS_WARN_AGE\\>" "/etc/login.defs"; then
escaped_formatted_output=$(sed -e 's|/|\\/|g' <<< "$formatted_output")
LC_ALL=C sed -i --follow-symlinks "s/^PASS_WARN_AGE\\>.*/$escaped_formatted_output/gi" "/etc/login.defs"
else
if [[ -s "/etc/login.defs" ]] && [[ -n "$(tail -c 1 -- "/etc/login.defs" || true)" ]]; then
LC_ALL=C sed -i --follow-symlinks '$a'\\ "/etc/login.defs"
fi
printf '%s\n' "$formatted_output" >> "/etc/login.defs"
fi
else
>&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi
