function f_password {
  echo "[$SCRIPT_COUNT] $COMMONPASSWD, $COMMONAUTH and $PAMLOGIN"

  if ! grep pam_pwhistory.so "$COMMONPASSWD"; then
    sed -i '/the "Primary" block/apassword\trequired\t\t\tpam_pwhistory.so\tremember=5' "$COMMONPASSWD"
  fi

  cp ./config/pwquality.conf /etc/security/pwquality.conf
  chmod 0644 /etc/security/pwquality.conf

  if grep 'use_authtok try_first_pass sha512' "$COMMONPASSWD"; then
    sed -i 's/try_first_pass sha512.*/try_first_pass sha512 rounds=65536/' "$COMMONPASSWD"
  fi

  sed -i -E 's/(nullok|nullok_secure)//g' "$COMMONAUTH"

  if ! grep retry= "$COMMONPASSWD"; then
    echo 'password requisite pam_pwquality.so retry=3' >> "$COMMONPASSWD"
  fi

  if [ -f "$FAILLOCKCONF" ]; then
    if ! grep faillock "$COMMONAUTH"; then
      sed -i 's/^# audit$/audit/' "$FAILLOCKCONF"
      sed -i 's/^# local_users_only$/local_users_only/' "$FAILLOCKCONF"
      sed -i 's/^# deny.*/deny = 5/' "$FAILLOCKCONF"
      sed -i 's/^# fail_interval.*/fail_interval = 900/' "$FAILLOCKCONF"
      sed -i '/pam_tally.*/d' "$COMMONACCOUNT"
      sed -i 's/auth.*pam_unix.so/auth required pam_faillock.so preauth\nauth [success=1 default=ignore] pam_unix.so\nauth [default=die] pam_faillock.so authfail\nauth sufficient pam_faillock.so authsucc\n/' "$COMMONAUTH"
    fi
    if ! grep faillock "$COMMONACCOUNT"; then
      echo 'account required pam_faillock.so' >> "$COMMONACCOUNT"
    fi
  else
    if ! grep tally2 "$COMMONAUTH"; then
      sed -i '/^$/a auth required pam_tally2.so onerr=fail audit silent deny=5 unlock_time=900' "$COMMONAUTH"
      sed -i '/pam_tally/d' "$COMMONACCOUNT"
    fi
    if ! grep tally2 "$COMMONACCOUNT"; then
      sed -i '/^$/a account required pam_tally2.so' "$COMMONACCOUNT"
    fi
  fi

  sed -i 's/pam_lastlog.so.*/pam_lastlog.so showfailed/' "$PAMLOGIN"
  sed -i 's/delay=.*/delay=4000000/' "$PAMLOGIN"

  cp "./misc/passwords.list" "/usr/share/dict/passwords"
  grep -v '^$' /usr/share/dict/passwords | strings > /usr/share/dict/passwords_text
  update-cracklib

  ((SCRIPT_COUNT++))
}