What characters are valid in a password when using the passwd(1) command?

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  • What characters are valid in a password when using the passwd(1) command?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • passwd command
  • PAM

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