How to force users to create passwords that meet complexity requirements, such as length, use of special characters and numbers
Issue
- How do I force users to create passwords that meet complexity requirements, such as length, use of special characters and numbers?
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- How to enforce password restrictions for local users
- How to configure PAM to use complex passwords
- How to configure password complexity settings in Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Update cracklib with an option to enforce password strength policy for users?
- How to view/adjust PAM global password complexity policy
- Need to change the default password policy to use complex passwords
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Update 4 and above
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- pam_cracklib.so
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