V-216092

CAT II (Medium)

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

Rule ID

SV-216092r1016287_rule

STIG

Version

V3R5

CCIs

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

Check the MINUPPER setting.

# grep ^MINUPPER /etc/default/passwd

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

The root role is required.

# pfedit /etc/default/passwd 

Locate the line containing:

MINUPPER

Change the line to read:

MINUPPER=1