password policy

[Shailender Bhandaram]

Hi,

I have a requirement to set the following password policy:

Maximum consecutive identical character from any position in the previous password - 3

Does anyone know exactly how to set this on HP-UX 11.11 systems? I have looked in /etc/default/security but there doesn't seem to be an option in there. The systems are trusted.

Thank you

[Peter Godron]

Hi,
Martin Moore's answer for TRU64 with the same requirement raises an interesting point.
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=981931 as to whether this is possible.

Please also see for general info:
http://docs.hp.com/en/B2355-90121/ch02s06.html#d0e3540

And,as this is your first posting:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/helptips.do?#28
and
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/helptips.do?#33

[Geoff Wild]

You can't set that.

All you can set is:

PASSWORD_MIN_UPPER_CASE_CHARS=N
PASSWORD_MIN_LOWER_CASE_CHARS=N
PASSWORD_MIN_DIGIT_CHARS=N
PASSWORD_MIN_SPECIAL_CHARS=N

Where N is the number of characters for that type.

You could set PASSWORD_HISTORY_DEPTH=10 which will prevent the users from using the same password except after 10 changes.

If you really need this functionality, then you will have to go with a third party application like Foxt's BoKS Server Control.

Rgds...Geoff

[Sp4admin]

Hi,

Here is a copy of my /etc/default/securtiy.

/etc/default # more security
PASSWORD_MIN_UPPER_CASE_CHARS=2
PASSWORD_MIN_LOWER_CASE_CHARS=2
PASSWORD_MIN_DIGIT_CHARS=2
PASSWORD_MIN_SPECIAL_CHARS=2
PASSWORD_HISTORY_DEPTH=10
MIN_PASSWORD_LENGTH=9
PASSWORD_MAXDAYS=60

Sp,