Lion hardening guide or equivalent?

as understand it, nsa used provide apple hardening guides mac os x. however, have not done lion.

know can similar information lion?

example, wish set global password policy users not on mac controlled os x server. man pages indicate pwpolicy should it, far can tell, pwpolicy nothing global policy.

after sudoing root, issue command:

# pwpolicy -n /local/default -getglobalpolicy

returns blank line. if try set global policy:

# pwpolicy -n /local/default -setglobalpolicy "usinghistory=10"

returns no errors (shown). however, if ask see global settings again, once again returns blank line. experimenting resetting password indicates change didn't take.

appears apple abandoning pwpolicy, don't know supposed use in place.

if of know can kind of low level administrative help, appreciative.

 

bill in md said: ↑

as understand it, nsa used provide apple hardening guides mac os x. however, have not done lion.

know can similar information lion?

example, wish set global password policy users not on mac controlled os x server. man pages indicate pwpolicy should it, far can tell, pwpolicy nothing global policy.

after sudoing root, issue command:

# pwpolicy -n /local/default -getglobalpolicy

returns blank line. if try set global policy:

# pwpolicy -n /local/default -setglobalpolicy "usinghistory=10"

returns no errors (shown). however, if ask see global settings again, once again returns blank line. experimenting resetting password indicates change didn't take.

appears apple abandoning pwpolicy, don't know supposed use in place.

if of know can kind of low level administrative help, appreciative.

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nice find. of these tips still work lion.

 

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