/usr/lbin/modprdef & /etc/default/security in HPUX 11.31 / 11.23 and 11.11

[Kennedy G. Doss]

HP-UX Gurus:

During our 11.11 days, I remember we used to lock accounts and set password lifetimes using /usr/lbin/modprdef commands (the parameters were umaxlntr and exptm, if I am not wrong) on trusted servers.

They changed this in 11.31. I believe there were two new parameters introduced in the /etc/default/security file (PASSWORD_MAXDAYS and AUTH_MAXTRIES). Please let me know if my assumption is correct.

I want to know how these two parameters were set in 11.23 as well. Was it using /usr/lbin/modprdef or by defining them in /etc/default/security?

Thanks in advance for taking the time to go through this and replying to me.

-KGD.