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1.80 SOL-11.1-040090

Information

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

GROUP ID: V-216329
RULE ID: SV-216329r1016274

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:

MINDIGIT

Change the line to read:

MINDIGIT=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-000194, CCI|CCI-004066, Rule-ID|SV-216329r1016274_rule, STIG-ID|SOL-11.1-040090, Vuln-ID|V-216329

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: d8eb68e043c283d51a574260881af66959f1e2984f14fb15ecb86def4291f466