1. To check root password expiration

AIX:

# lsuser -a expires root

Ensure root expires is set to 0(Zero) {“0” means never expire}

 

SOLARIS:

# chage –l root

Ensure Password expires: never

 

LINUX:

# grep MAXWEEKS /etc/default/passwd

Ensure /etc/default/passwd has “MAXWEEKS=” with no value after it

 

 

2. To set encrypted passwd to be non-expiring

AIX:

# chuser expires=0 root

 

SOLARIS:

# passwd -x -1 root -OR- chage -M -1 root