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# 1  
Old 08-25-2004
Password Security
Is there a way in HP-UX to require passwords to use a certain number of alpha and numeric characters? If so, please let me know the file where I can update to enforce this setting. Thanks
# 2  
Old 08-27-2004
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Last edited by druuna; 05-21-2009 at 10:12 AM..
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# 3  
Old 08-27-2004
For other security features, do a man on security...

File is /etc/default/security.


You can restrict length and prevent repeat passwords and much more.
# 4  
Old 08-28-2004
This question is in the HP-UX forum and the OP even explicitly mentions HP-UX. There is no /etc/login.defs on any version of HP-UX. I have seen it on Linux though.

The security manpage and the features described on it arrived with HP-UX 11i. It is not available on earlier versions.

You may be interested to know that HP-UX 11i can support Shadow Passwords. Read the page I linked carefully before you proceed, stuff like pc-nfs and sam will not work with shadow passwords.

And you may be interested in this post.
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