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XCCDF
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
Configure PAMs passwd Module To Implement system-auth Substack When Changing Passwords
Configure PAMs passwd Module To Implement system-auth Substack When Changing Passwords
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Configure PAMs passwd Module To Implement system-auth Substack When Changing Passwords
Medium Severity
Verify that pam is configured to use
/etc/pam.d/system-auth
when changing passwords. Look for the following line in
/etc/pam.d/passwd
:
password substack system-auth