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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 - Maximum Consecutive Repeating Characters from Same Character Class
Ensure PAM Enforces Password Requirements - Maximum Consecutive Repeating Characters from Same Character Class
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Ensure PAM Enforces Password Requirements - Maximum Consecutive Repeating Characters from Same Character Class
Medium Severity
The pam_pwquality module's
maxclassrepeat
parameter controls requirements for consecutive repeating characters from the same character class. When set to a positive number, it will reject passwords which contain more than that number of consecutive characters from the same character class. Modify the
maxclassrepeat
setting in
/etc/security/pwquality.conf
to equal
to prevent a run of (
+ 1) or more identical characters.