What is the default password length, complexity, min/max age, history in RHEL

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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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