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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
System Settings
Account and Access Control
Protect Accounts by Configuring PAM
Set Password Quality Requirements
Set Password Quality Requirements with pam_pwquality
Ensure PAM Enforces Password Requirements - Minimum Digit Characters
Ensure PAM Enforces Password Requirements - Minimum Digit Characters
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Ensure PAM Enforces Password Requirements - Minimum Digit Characters
Medium Severity
The pam_pwquality module's
dcredit
parameter controls requirements for usage of digits in a password. When set to a negative number, any password will be required to contain that many digits. When set to a positive number, pam_pwquality will grant +1 additional length credit for each digit. Modify the
dcredit
setting in
/etc/security/pwquality.conf
to require the use of a digit in passwords.