Custom password restrictions in Trusted or other?

[John J Read]

I can't find how to do this in Trusted Systems or anywhere else. Is there a way to set customized password resrictions in HP-UX 11i?

By default in trusted and non-trusted modes, there is a 6 character minimum and it must contain at least two alphabetic characters and
at least one numeric or special character.

Is there a way to edit this rule so I have a minumum of 8 characters, with at least one special character for example?

Trusted meets my other requirements such as password aging, shadow passwds, locking, etc but I need to set minimum length and special character rules to meet corporate standards.

Any help is appreciated.

[Sridhar Bhaskarla · Accepted solution]

Hi John,

Sure. There are few more options offered by '/etc/default/security' file in addition to trusted.

man 'security' for more options. It is available on 11i by default. On 11.0, you will have to have a patch that enables that option.

for ex., having that file with

PASSWORD_MIN_SPECIAL_CHARS=1
MIN_PASSWORD_LENGTH=8

will do it for you.

-Sri

[Sanjay_6]

Hi John,

Maybe this doc from itrc might help,

http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docLocale=en_US&docId=200000074741539

The doc id is KBRC00011604.

Hope this helps.

Regds

[John J Read]

Wow.. Thanks for the fast response. I had no idea! I'm just getting started with Trusted but I see now that I can meet the length restrictions in regular 11i. Cool!
This should get me on the right path. Thanks again.

[John J Read]

Thanks Sanjay. You guys are awesome. This will please a lot of brass around my office!