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1.78 SOL-11.1-040070

Information

The system must require passwords to contain at least one uppercase alphabetic character.

GROUP ID: V-216327
RULE ID: SV-216327r1016272

Complex passwords can reduce the likelihood of success of automated password-guessing attacks.

Solution

The root role is required.

# pfedit /etc/default/passwd

Locate the line containing:

MINUPPER

Change the line to read:

MINUPPER=1

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/23765

Item Details

Category: IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

References: 800-53|IA-5(1), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000192, CCI|CCI-004066, Rule-ID|SV-216327r1016272_rule, STIG-ID|SOL-11.1-040070, Vuln-ID|V-216327

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: b53a9ba4bbbfab7f999cb74c1168fc536c19fb80084e68a3ca12a82625687145