Password parameters on a NON-trusted 11.0 box

[AttilaDan]

I need to find system parameters for length, characters etc.  I remember that there was a file (other than /etc/default/security) that had these listed, but cannot find it in the cobwebbed corners of my memory.  Help please......

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi:

The file (name) is indeed '/etc/default/security' but it wan't present in the early releases of 11.0 as I recall.  If you don't have one, create it.

The various options that were enabled (within it) appeared in a series of patches.  Most notabably:

PHCO_27721

PHCO_34806

Even if you have these patches, it is worth reading their patch notes.

Regards!

...JRF...

[AttilaDan]

Thanks for the quick reply.  This box will be retired soon, so I'm not doing more than I have to for it.  But, it is still under the audit umbrella and I need to show what password limitations are in place.

[Pete Randall · Accepted solution]

Without /etc/default/security, the only limitations will be the defaults as explained in "man 4 passwd".

[member_unix]

Please look file at below path.

/usr/newconfig/tcb/files/auth/system

Thx,