modprdef password history depth

[daamaya]

Is there any way to modify the password history depth via command line, possibly with modprdef (looked at man page but did not see the flag)? I am currently doing it with a vi session, but for ease of use would much rather do it at command line. I do not have the ability to use search and replace with sed or perl, or any other variant.

[daamaya]

I should probably not that we're dealing withn HP 11.11, and it is a trusted system.

[Walt Watson]

Am unaware of a command line to accomplishe this.

I add the parameters I want to /etc/default/security (tip: use sftp to bring it to a desktop editor like UltraEdit, then sftp it back).

An alternative if you r system allows it is ReflectionX which has a really nice editor.

[Dennis Handly]

>I am currently doing it with a vi session

This is the way most configuration files are maintained.

>I do not have the ability to use search and replace with sed or perl

What does "ability" mean here? You don't know how?

Anyway, you're in luck, there is a command I found out recently, ch_rc(1m):
Add/Change:
# ch_rc -a -p PASSWORD_HISTORY_DEPTH=4 /etc/default/security
List:
# ch_rc -l -p PASSWORD_HISTORY_DEPTH /etc/default/security

Unfortunately the original security file has them commented out. ch_rc(1m) will then put them at the end.