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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 - Authentication Retry Prompts Permitted Per-Session
Ensure PAM Enforces Password Requirements - Authentication Retry Prompts Permitted Per-Session
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Ensure PAM Enforces Password Requirements - Authentication Retry Prompts Permitted Per-Session
Medium Severity
To configure the number of retry prompts that are permitted per-session: Edit the
pam_pwquality.so
statement in
/etc/pam.d/system-auth
to show
retry=
, or a lower value if site policy is more restrictive. The DoD requirement is a maximum of 3 prompts per session.