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1.81 SOL-11.1-040100

Information

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

GROUP ID: V-216330
RULE ID: SV-216330r1016275

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

Solution

The root role is required.

# pfedit /etc/default/passwd a

Locate the line containing:

MINSPECIAL

Change the line to read:

MINSPECIAL=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-001619, CCI|CCI-004066, Rule-ID|SV-216330r1016275_rule, STIG-ID|SOL-11.1-040100, Vuln-ID|V-216330

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 708c60199da8668776627dad63d5f65fbe28be9f94a8b8836e8e8cb21b01f0e3