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

From Solaris 11 SPARC Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with: CCI-000192

SV-60843r1_rule The system must require passwords to contain at least one uppercase alphabetic character.

Vulnerability discussion

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

Check content

Check the MINUPPER setting. # grep ^MINUPPER /etc/default/passwd If MINUPPER is not set to 1 or more, this is a finding.

Fix text

The root role is required. # pfedit /etc/default/passwd Locate the line containing: MINUPPER Change the line to read: MINUPPER=1

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