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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers passwd policies Post 41650 by scottl on Friday 10th of October 2003 09:35:40 AM
Old 10-10-2003
passwd policies

Hi Guys,

i want to ask how i can add a special policies for users.
for example i want so say that each user must chnage the password every 4 weeks the password should have min 5 chacaters ........

passwd -n DAYS ....... and which string is for the min password lenght ......

many thx!
 

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pam_opendirectory(8)					    BSD System Manager's Manual 				      pam_opendirectory(8)

NAME
pam_opendirectory -- OpenDirectory PAM module SYNOPSIS
[service-name] function-class control-flag pam_opendirectory [options] DESCRIPTION
The OpenDirectory PAM module supports the authentication, account management and password management function classes. In terms of the function-class parameter, these are ``auth'', ``account'' and ``password'' respectively. The OpenDirectory Authentication Module The OpenDirectory authentication module permits or denies users based on OpenDirectory password authentication. The following option may be passed to this authentication module: nullok Allow null passwords. The OpenDirectory Account Management Module The OpenDirectory account management module permits or denies users based whether the account is enabled in OpenDirectory. The following option may be passed to this account management module: no_check_shell Skip validating the user's shell. no_check_home Skip validating the user's home directory. refresh=min Sets the mbr_check_membership(3) cache timeout to min minutes. When this option is used, the min value must be specified, and it must be an integer. The OpenDirectory Password Management Module The OpenDirectory password management module supports password changing and enforces the OpenDirectory password policy. SEE ALSO
mbr_check_membership(3), pam.conf(5), pam(8), pwpolicy(8), DirectoryService(8) BSD
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