topic Re: Reactivate account with SAM - default password generation question in Operating System - HP-UX

Reactivate account with SAM - default password generation question

Vicki Webb — Wed, 12 Jan 2005 12:22:46 GMT

I have an HP-UX 10.20 box that when we reactivate or reset an account, it generates a random number for the password. On the HP-UX 11.0 box, it generates a string of characters. I prefer the random 3 digit number generation. Where do I change what the system uses for an autogenerated password on HP-UX 11?

Re: Reactivate account with SAM - default password generation question

Pete Randall — Wed, 12 Jan 2005 12:28:42 GMT

Vicki,

This might be enabled with the /etc/default/security file (man security). There is a parameter there called PASSWORD_MIN__CHARS, which in this case would be PASSWORD_MIN_DIGIT_CHARS=N

Pete

Re: Reactivate account with SAM - default password generation question

Sanjay_6 — Wed, 12 Jan 2005 12:29:09 GMT

Hi Vicki,

the functionality was changed from 10.20 to 11.x to support NIS+ and trusted system. This link from itrc may explain the same,

http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docLocale=en_US&docId=200000063198811

The itrc doc id is USECKBRC00009486.

hope this helps.

Regds