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The system must require passwords to contain at least one uppercase alphabetic character.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-47971 SOL-11.1-040070 SV-60843r1_rule Medium
Description
Complex passwords can reduce the likelihood of success of automated password-guessing attacks.
STIG Date
Solaris 11 SPARC Security Technical Implementation Guide 2017-01-05

Details

Check Text ( C-50407r1_chk )
Check the MINUPPER setting.

# grep ^MINUPPER /etc/default/passwd

If MINUPPER is not set to 1 or more, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-51583r1_fix)
The root role is required.
# pfedit /etc/default/passwd

Locate the line containing:

MINUPPER

Change the line to read:

MINUPPER=1