Solaris 11 SPARC Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Severity

Version

V3 · R7

CurrentPublished Wed Sep 30 2026

The operating system must enforce password complexity requiring that at least one lowercase character is used.

Solaris 11 SPARC Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

The operating system must enforce password complexity requiring that at least one lowercase character is used.

Description

Discussion Text

Complex passwords can reduce the likelihood of success of automated password-guessing attacks.

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Objective

V-216328

Rule

SV-216328r1016273_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

SOL-11.1-040080

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

Check the MINLOWER setting.

# grep ^MINLOWER /etc/default/passwd

If MINLOWER is not set to 1 or more, this is a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

The root role is required.
# pfedit /etc/default/passwd 

Locate the line containing:

MINLOWER

Change the line to read:

MINLOWER=1

STIG check 65 of 215 in the Solaris 11 SPARC STIG checklist

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