.. _Account Policy:

Account Policy
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It is recommended to minimize the number of accounts in the host OS to make it more secure.

The general recommendations for all Linux distributions are:

-  create a non-privileged account for performing non-privileged tasks in the system;

-  use ``sudo`` for performing privileged tasks;

-  disable remote root logon, use a non-privileged user for this;

-  disable system user logon;

-  force periodical password changes;

-  disable accounts after a number of login failures.
