What is the default password length, complexity, min/max age, history in RHEL
Issue
- When attempting to set a new password the system returns that certain values are not long enough and that other values are available via a dictionary. Is there a reference for all of the various password limitation?
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6
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