AlmaLinux OS 9 must ensure the password complexity module in the system-auth file is configured for three retries or less.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
AlmaLinux OS 9 uses "pwquality" as a mechanism to enforce password complexity. This is set in both: /etc/pam.d/password-auth /etc/pam.d/system-auth By limiting the number of attempts to meet the pwquality module complexity requirements before returning with an error, the system will audit abnormal attempts at password changes.
- ID
- SV-269387r1050270_rule
- Version
- ALMA-09-035990
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Configure AlmaLinux OS 9 to limit the "pwquality" retry option to "3".
Add the following line to the "/etc/pam.d/system-auth" and "/etc/pam.d/password-auth" files (or modify the line to have the required value):
password required pam_pwquality.so retry=3