User cannot logon and change their password. Error pam_passwdqc: Invalid option: "minlen=8" passwd: Critical error - immediate abort

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Issue

  • User cannot logon and change their password.
Changing password for user 
pam_passwdqc: Invalid option: "minlen=8"
passwd: Critical error - immediate abort

Environment

  • RHEL

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