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XCCDF
Guide to the Secure Configuration of Oracle Linux 7
System Settings
Account and Access Control
Protect Accounts by Configuring PAM
Set Password Quality Requirements
Set Password Quality Requirements with pam_pwquality
Set Password Maximum Consecutive Repeating Characters
Set Password Maximum Consecutive Repeating Characters
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Set Password Maximum Consecutive Repeating Characters
Medium Severity
The pam_pwquality module's
maxrepeat
parameter controls requirements for consecutive repeating characters. When set to a positive number, it will reject passwords which contain more than that number of consecutive characters. Modify the
maxrepeat
setting in
/etc/security/pwquality.conf
to equal
to prevent a run of (
+ 1) or more identical characters.