Security Configuration with NIS

[Harish Shah]

I understand that SAM is not compatible with NIS. If this is true, how do you
apply security configuration (e.g minimum password length or password aging
etc.) on the HP UX 10.x box/system and will I find the configuration?

[Berlene Herren_1]

As of HP-UX 10.10

The User/Group area of SAM has been modified to support systems where NIS has
been configured. Users and groups can now be added, modified, and removed on
systems running NIS. If SAM is run on an NIS client or a slave server, changes
can be made to users and groups in the local /etc/passwd and /etc/group
files only. If SAM is run on an NIS master server, user and group changes can
be made and propagated to the NIS domain by rebuilding the NIS maps. In
addition, SAM also supports having a separate password file on the NIS
master server to build the NIS maps.

- Using SAM, you can configure the local host as a Network Information
Service (NIS) client, NIS master server, or NIS slave server. For more
information, see the SAM online help.

[Harish Shah]

Berlene, Thanks for answering my query but I think my query wasn't fully
understood. The query was that if SAM is not compatible with NIS, then how is
security implemented on the box without SAM i.e if you only have NIS? Where/How
do you apply the security configurations and where do I find them?