For more information on password policies, see the "Managing Users and Passwords" chapter in the HP-UX Directory Server administrator guide.

Parameter

Description

Entry DN

cn=config

 

 

Valid Values

on or off

 

 

Default Value

on

 

 

Syntax

DirectoryString

 

 

Example

passwordChange: on

 

 

2.3.1.105 passwordCheckSyntax (Check password syntax)

This attribute sets whether the password syntax is checked before the password is saved. The password syntax checking mechanism checks that the password meets or exceeds the password minimum length requirement and that the string does not contain any trivial words, such as the user's name or user ID or any attribute value stored in the uid, cn, sn, givenName, ou, or mail attributes of the user's directory entry.

Password syntax includes several different categories for checking:

Minimum number of digit characters (0-9)

Minimum number of ASCII alphabetic characters, both upper- and lower-case

Minimum number of uppercase ASCII alphabetic characters

Minimum number of lowercase ASCII alphabetic characters

Minimum number of special ASCII characters, such as !@#$

Minimum number of 8-bit characters

Maximum number of times that the same character can be immediately repeated, such as aaabbb

Minimum number of character categories required per password; a category can be upper- or lower-case letters, special characters, digits, or 8-bit characters

For more information on password policies, see the "Managing Users and Passwords" chapter in the HP-UX Directory Server administrator guide.

Parameter

Description

Entry DN

cn=config

 

 

Valid Values

on or off

 

 

Default Value

off

 

 

Syntax

DirectoryString

 

 

Example

passwordCheckSyntax off

 

 

2.3.1.106 passwordExp (Password expiration)

Indicates whether user passwords expire after a given number of seconds. By default, user passwords do not expire. After password expiration is enabled, set the number of seconds after which the password expires using the passwordMaxAge attribute.

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