In the event temporary or emergency accounts are required, configure the system to terminate them after a documented time period. For every temporary and emergency account, run the following command to set an expiration date on it, substituting <xhtml:code> <i xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">USER</i> </xhtml:code> and <xhtml:code> <i xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">YYYY-MM-DD</i> </xhtml:code> appropriately: <pre xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> # chage -E <i>YYYY-MM-DD USER</i> </pre> <xhtml:code> <i xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">YYYY-MM-DD</i> </xhtml:code> indicates the documented expiration date for the account.

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