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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-216092RULE ID: SV-216092r1016287

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/23873

Item Details

Category: IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

References: 800-53|IA-5(1), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000192, CCI|CCI-004066, Rule-ID|SV-216092r1016287_rule, STIG-ID|SOL-11.1-040070, Vuln-ID|V-216092

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 7602a8700937f6767c830ba835230c175d58b68dcb80bcd9d9d9e332c1e6cda8