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1.179 OL09-00-001010

Information

OL 9 must ensure the password complexity module is enabled in the password-auth file.

GROUP ID: V-271614
RULE ID: SV-271614r1091554

Enabling PAM password complexity permits enforcement of strong passwords and consequently makes the system less prone to dictionary attacks.

Satisfies: SRG-OS-000069-GPOS-00037, SRG-OS-000070-GPOS-00038

Solution

Configure OL 9 to use "pwquality" to enforce password complexity rules.

Add the following line to the "/etc/pam.d/password-auth" file (or modify the line to have the required value):

password required pam_pwquality.so

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/27024

Item Details

Category: IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

References: 800-53|IA-5(1), CCI|CCI-004066, Rule-ID|SV-271614r1091554_rule, STIG-ID|OL09-00-001010, Vuln-ID|V-271614

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 5f4b3370228ae4b91938456d2ef8f156668bf13b1b860021ce103e172ac36b22