The system must require passwords to contain no more than three consecutive repeating characters.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
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- ID
- SV-216096r603268_rule
- Severity
- Low
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
The root role is required.
# pfedit /etc/default/passwd
Locate the line containing:
MAXREPEATS