SOL-11.1-040080 - The operating system must enforce password complexity requiring that at least one lowercase character is used.

Information

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:

MINLOWER

Change the line to read:

MINLOWER=1

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_SOL_11_x86_V3R5_STIG.zip

Item Details

Audit Name: DISA Solaris 11 X86 STIG v3r5

Category: IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

References: 800-53|IA-5(1)(a), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000193, CCI|CCI-004066, Rule-ID|SV-216093r1016288_rule, STIG-ID|SOL-11.1-040080, STIG-Legacy|SV-60853, STIG-Legacy|V-47981, Vuln-ID|V-216093

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 094502aa7e2f50aac7128f6dd5d4a2ed7d636223bdf449ee3f06f2f68113865a