Re: Setting password policy on Solaris 8/9

From: Michael Vilain (vilain_at_spamcop.net)
Date: 11/11/05 

Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 12:33:22 -0800

In article <1131718709.919771.300530@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
 "BoraBaysal" <bora_baysal@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> We're looking at the possibilities to implement our "Authentication and
> Password Policy" on Solaris systems. We have mainly Solaris 8 systems
> much more than Solaris 9 systems.
>
> My question is if it is possible to implement such policy stated below:
>
> --
> Passwords that validate a candidate username's access to <ourCompany>
> systems shall be at a minimum six characters in length for functional
> users, 8 characters for administrators. Passwords shall include at
> least two alphabetic, one numeric or special character (e.g., an
> asterisk or a dash), and may contain at least one upper case and one
> lower case character. Systems shall prohibit the use of simpler
> passwords.
> --
>
> I wonder if anyone has experience with this kind of implementation on
> Solaris 8/9 systems. If yes, would you recommend local solution or
> Identity Management usage?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> -Bora

Aside from the length requirement, this sounds like the default settings
for Solaris passwords. At least on Solaris 7, it was the case. Now I
don't know if you can require a specific length system-wide or on a per
account basis. I vaguely recall that it was system-wide, so you'll have
to make administrators conform using the honor system. 

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