V-216093

CAT II (Medium)

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

Rule ID

SV-216093r1016288_rule

STIG

Version

V3R5

CCIs

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

Check the MINLOWER setting.

# grep ^MINLOWER /etc/default/passwd

If MINLOWER is not set to one or more, this is a finding.

The root role is required.

# pfedit /etc/default/passwd 

Locate the line containing:

MINLOWER

Change the line to read:

MINLOWER=1