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XCCDF
Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
System Settings
Account and Access Control
Protect Accounts by Configuring PAM
Set Password Hashing Algorithm
Set Password Hashing Algorithm in /etc/libuser.conf
Set Password Hashing Algorithm in /etc/libuser.conf
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Set Password Hashing Algorithm in /etc/libuser.conf
Medium Severity
In
/etc/libuser.conf
, add or correct the following line in its
[defaults]
section to ensure the system will use the SHA-512 algorithm for password hashing:
crypt_style = sha512