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The operating system must enforce password complexity requiring that at least one lowercase character is used.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

Complex passwords can reduce the likelihood of success of automated password-guessing attacks.

ID
SV-216328r1016273_rule
Version
SOL-11.1-040080
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

The root role is required.
# pfedit /etc/default/passwd 

Locate the line containing:

MINLOWER