The password-related hint field must not be used.

From Apple OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) Workstation STIG

Associated with: CCI-000366

SV-65873r1_rule The password-related hint field must not be used.

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To check if Password hints are turn on, run the following command: system_profiler SPConfigurationProfileDataType | grep RetriesUntilHint | awk '{ print $3 }' | sed 's/;//' If the result is not "0" or not defined, this is a finding.

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This is enforced using a configuration profile.

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