03-12-2009
AIX 5.3 userid password length to 6
Hi All,
How can I make the password of only two userid with 6 length while others are using regular policy of 8 or more length.
Please help. Thanks.
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fence_zvm
fence_zvm(8) System Manager's Manual fence_zvm(8)
NAME
fence_zvm - I/O Fencing agent for GFS on s390 and zSeries VM clusters
SYNOPSIS
fence_zvm [OPTION]...
DESCRIPTION
fence_zvm is an I/O Fencing agent used on a GFS virtual machine in a s390 or zSeries VM cluster. It uses the s3270 program to log the
specified virtual machine out of VM. For fence_zvm to execute correctly, you must have s3270 in your PATH.
fence_zvm accepts options on the command line as well as from stdin. fence_node sends the options through stdin when it execs the agent.
fence_zvm can be run by itself with command line options which is useful for testing.
Vendor URL: http://www.ibm.com
OPTIONS
-a IPaddress
IP address or hostname of the Physical machine (required).
-h Print out a help message describing available options, then exit.
-u userid
userid of the virtual machine to fence (required).
-p password
password of the virtual machine to fence (required).
-S path
Full path to an executable to generate the password of the virtual machine to fence.
-q quiet mode, no output.
-V Print out a version message, then exit.
STDIN PARAMETERS
agent = < param >
This option is used by fence_node(8) and is ignored by fence_zvm.
ipaddr = < hostname | ip >
IP address or hostname of the Physical machine (required).
passwd = < param >
password of the virtual machine to fence (required).
passwd_script = < param >
Full path to an executable to generate the password of the virtual machine to fence.
userid = < param >
userid of the virtual machine to fence (required).
SEE ALSO
fence(8), fenced(8), fence_node(8)
fence_zvm(8)