Securing Logins and Passwords
To guard access to your systems, you can limit remote logins, require users to have
passwords, and require the root account to have a complex password. To
manage user access, you can display a security message to users, monitor failed access
attempts, and disable logins temporarily.
The following task map points to procedures that monitor user logins and that disable user logins.
Table 3-1 Securing Logins and Passwords Task Map
| Task | Description | For Instructions |
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Inform users of site security at login. |
Displays a text message on the login screen with site security information. |
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Display the user's login status. |
Lists extensive information about the user's login account, such as full name and password aging information. |
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Find users who do not have passwords. |
Finds only those users whose accounts do not require a password. |
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Disable logins temporarily. |
Denies user logins to a computer system as part of system shutdown or routine maintenance. |