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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Password last changed Post 302534608 by Norgaard on Tuesday 28th of June 2011 09:26:25 AM
Old 06-28-2011
Password last changed

Hi,
I am doing an audit and thought I knew what I was doing, but reading through the posts I came into doubt.
On Sun Solaris, I want to know when users last changed their passwords. I have the etc/shadow files and there is a nice field showing this. Except that it is disturbing me somewhat that for example the root password is indicated as having been last changed in 1987 on a computer that was installed in 2011? Some users have apparently never changed their passwords, despite that we have password rules in place, in etc/passwd.
Searching the forums here I found 2 threads dealing with password change logging, but the answer seems to be that there is no trace of last password change and that the login process does not write to the shadow file - and then I'm confused to bits! The man page says that last password change is written to shadow. It also indicates if the last login was successful. I am not talking about accounts marked with LK or NP. Smilie

Can somebody tell me the "truth" (and nothing but ...)
Thanks
Norgaard
 

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audit_binfile(5)					Standards, Environments, and Macros					  audit_binfile(5)

NAME
audit_binfile - generation of Solaris audit logs SYNOPSIS
/usr/lib/security/audit_binfile.so DESCRIPTION
The audit_binfile plugin module for Solaris audit, /usr/lib/security/audit_binfile.so, writes binary audit data to files as configured in audit_control(4); it is the default plugin for the Solaris audit daemon auditd(1M). Its output is described by audit.log(4). The audit_binfile plugin is loaded by auditd if audit_control contains one or more lines defining audit directories by means of the dir: specification or if audit_control has a plugin: specification of name=audit_binfile.so. OBJECT ATTRIBUTES
The p_dir and p_minfree attributes are equivalent to the dir: and minfree: lines described in audit_control. If both the dir: line and the p_dir attribute are used, the plugin combines all directories into a single list with those specified by means of dir: at the front of the list. If both the minfree and the p_minfree attributes are given, the p_minfree value is used. EXAMPLES
The following directives cause audit_binfile.so to be loaded, specify the directories for writing audit logs, and specify the percentage of required free space per directory. flags: lo,ad,-fm naflags: lo,ad plugin: name=audit_binfile.so; p_minfree=20; p_dir=/etc/security/jedgar/eggplant, /etc/security/jedgar.aux/eggplant, /etc/security/global/eggplant ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for a description of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |MT Level |MT-Safe | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Evolving | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
auditd(1M), audit_control(4), syslog.conf(4), attributes(5) SunOS 5.10 20 May 2003 audit_binfile(5)
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