Practical Linux Security Cookbook

Configuring password protection

In any system, the password plays a very important role in terms of security. A poor password may lead to an organization's resources being compromised. The password protection policy should be adhered to by everyone in the organization, from users to the administrator level.

How to do it…

Follow the given rules when selecting or securing your password.

For the creation policy, follow these rules:

• A user should not use the same password for all the accounts in an organization
• All access-related passwords should not be the same
• Any system-level account should have a password that's different from any other account held by the same user

For the protection policy, follow these rules:

• A password is something that needs to be ...