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embedded numeric. The default and recommended value is ALPHA which will generate a string of alphabetic characters, the length defined by the Minimum Password Length field. If the minimum length field is 0 or null, a password of 6 characters will be used unless otherwise specified when the “G”enerate command is used in the password field of the User Profile data entry screen.

The value in this field may be followed by a comma and either “UC” or “LC” to specify that generated passwords be either upper case or lower case characters.

Many UNIX systems require that passwords meet the following requirements:

1.Each password must have at least six characters. Only the first eight characters are significant.

2.Each password must contain at least two alphabetic characters and at least one numeric or special character.

3.Each password must differ from the user name and from any reverse or circular shift of that name.

However, the System Administrator, (UID = 0) may create or change any password and those passwords created by the superuser do not have to comply with password construction requirements.

passwd File Order - This field is used by the program which creates and modifies users. If the value of this field is “Y”es, the names of the users are alphabetized in the UNIX passwds file. If you wish to maintain the current order of the passwd file this field should be set to “N”o. The default and recommended value is “Y”es. Note, however, that the passwd files should first be arranged to be in alphabetical order if this option is set to “Y”es. That is, setting this option will not rearrange existing users to be ordered.

group File Order - This field is used much the same as the passwd File Order field (above). It is used by the program which creates and modifies groups. If the value of this field is “Y”es, the names of the groups are alphabetized in the UNIX group file. If you wish to maintain the current order of the group file this field should be set to “N”o. The default and recommended value is “Y”es. Note, however, that the group files should first be arranged to be in alphabetical order if this option is set to “Y”es. That is, setting this option will not rearrange existing groups to be ordered.

User & Group Case - This field will contain LC (lower case), UC (upper case or (LIT literal). It is used by the programs which create and modify users and groups. When entering the name of a user or group in the User Profile or Groups screens the case of the name of the user or group will be set to the appropriate one selected by this field regardless of the case used when entering the name. For example, if a user name of TEST is entered in the User Profile screen, the case will be changed to “test” if this field is set to “LC”. This parameter is intended to assist System Administrators who wish to be consistent in their usage of case when creating users and groups. If you do not want SENTRY to alter the case for users and groups, set this field to “LIT” (literal). SENTRY will not alter the characters you have entered. The default and recommended value for this field is “LC” (lower case).

Minimum user ID Length - This field contains a number defining the minimum number of characters required for a user ID. A user ID must begin with an alphabetic character, contain no spaces and be unique. This field is used to verify the length of the user ID in the User Profile data entry program. The default and recommended value is 6.

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