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Operating Systems Solaris password complexity check Post 302087045 by pressy on Tuesday 29th of August 2006 01:30:09 PM
Old 08-29-2006
look into your /etc/default/passwd, there you will find these things...

Code:
# more /etc/default/passwd

#ident  "@(#)passwd.dfl 1.7     04/04/22 SMI"
#
# Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
# Use is subject to license terms.
#
MAXWEEKS=
MINWEEKS=
PASSLENGTH=6

# NAMECHECK enables/disables login name checking.
# The default is to do login name checking.
# Specifying a value of "NO" will disable login name checking.
#
#NAMECHECK=NO

# HISTORY sets the number of prior password changes to keep and
# check for a user when changing passwords.  Setting the HISTORY
# value to zero (0), or removing/commenting out the flag will
# cause all users' prior password history to be discarded at the
# next password change by any user.  No password history will
# be checked if the flag is not present or has zero value.
# The maximum value of HISTORY is 26.
#
# This flag is only enforced for user accounts defined in the
# local passwd(4)/shadow(4) files.
#
#HISTORY=0
#
# Password complexity tunables.  The values listed are the defaults
# which are compatible with previous releases of passwd.
# See passwd(1) and pam_authtok_check(5) for use warnings and
# discussion of the use of these options.
#
#MINDIFF=3
#MINALPHA=2
#MINNONALPHA=1
#MINUPPER=0
#MINLOWER=0
#MAXREPEATS=0
#MINSPECIAL=0
#MINDIGIT=0
#WHITESPACE=YES
#
#
# passwd performs dictionary lookups if DICTIONLIST or DICTIONDBDIR
# is defined. If the password database does not yet exist, it is
# created by passwd. See passwd(1), pam_authtok_check(5) and
# mkdict(1) for more information.
#
#DICTIONLIST=
#DICTIONDBDIR=/var/passwd

regards pressy
 

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crack_check

CRACK_CHECK(3)								 1							    CRACK_CHECK(3)

crack_check - Performs an obscure check with the given password

SYNOPSIS

       bool crack_check (resource  $dictionary, string	$password)

DESCRIPTION

       bool crack_check NULL (string  $password, string  $username = "", string  $gecos = "", resource	$dictionary)

	Performs an obscure check with the given password on the specified dictionary. The alternative signature also takes into account the user-
       name and the GECOS information.

       Warning

	      This function is EXPERIMENTAL. The behaviour of this function, its name, and surrounding documentation may change without notice	in
	      a future release of PHP. This function should be used at your own risk.

PARAMETERS

	      o $dictionary
		- The crack lib dictionary. If not specified, the last opened dictionary is used.

	      o $password
		- The password to be checked.

	      o $username
		- The username of the account with the password.

	      o $gecos
		- The GECOS information associated with the user account.

RETURN VALUES

	Returns TRUE if $password is strong, or FALSE otherwise.

CHANGELOG

       +--------+---------------------------------------------------+
       |Version |						    |
       |	|						    |
       |	|		     Description		    |
       |	|						    |
       +--------+---------------------------------------------------+
       |  0.3	|						    |
       |	|						    |
       |	|  The $username, $gecos and $dictionary parameters |
       |	| were added to the alternative signature.	    |
       |	|						    |
       +--------+---------------------------------------------------+
PHP Documentation Group 													    CRACK_CHECK(3)
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