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Old 05-22-2006
/etc/default/passwd
Hi,

I am trying to set some password settings in my unix (System V Release 5) unix.

Currently i have the following settings for /etc/default/passwd

PASSREQ=yes
PASSLENGTH=7
MAXWEEKS=8
MINWEEKS=0
WARNWEEKS=1
MAXRETRY=5
HISTORY=5

According to above settings the password lenght should work. But that is working only for users but not for root. right now i can give 3 letter password to root and it's accepting. Is there any other file i need to look to enforce those settings to root.
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Old 05-22-2006
With Solaris 8, root can do anything it wants. Limits are not applicable; at least as far as password length. It is up to the sysadmin to make certain that the password is long enough.
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