3.1.12 /etc/security/user - minupperalpha

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Information

Defines the minimum number of upper case alphabetic characters in a password.

In setting the minupperalpha attribute, the password must contain an upper case alphabetic character when it is changed by the user.

Solution

In /etc/security/user, set the default user stanza minupperalpha attribute to 1-

chsec -f /etc/security/user -s default -a minupperalpha=1

This means that there must be at least 1 upper case alphabetic character within an 8 character user password.

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/files/528