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Out of the box, Solaris 9 doesn't support account lockouts and password history. &nbsp;You can change the default password settings in /etc/default/passwd<br />
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Note that by default Solaris only recognises passwords up to 8 characters. &nbsp;From Solaris 9 onwards, you can change this to use MD5 passwords (as per the Linux world) which have a maximum length of 255 characters. &nbsp;This is set in /etc/security/policy.conf<br />

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Out of the box, Solaris 9 doesn't support account lockouts and password history.  You can change the default password settings in /etc/default/passwd

Note that by default Solaris only recognises passwords up to 8 characters.  From Solaris 9 onwards, you can change this to use MD5 passwords (as per the Linux world) which have a maximum length of 255 characters.  This is set in /etc/security/policy.conf


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Can provide a screen print or location that I can view what the configuration file looks like.<br />
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Thanks
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Can provide a screen print or location that I can view what the configuration file looks like.

Thanks

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What can and cannot be done regarding the password in Solaris 9 depends on the naming <br />
service used. Both the files and nisplus services support all the features, while the nis naming<br />
service has limited features.<br />
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To finound how to set them, see the man &nbsp;page for passwd. 
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What can and cannot be done regarding the password in Solaris 9 depends on the naming
service used. Both the files and nisplus services support all the features, while the nis naming
service has limited features.

To finound how to set them, see the man  page for passwd.

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How do you setup password controls in Solaris version 9? <br />
Password length, Password history, Account Lockout, Maxweeks, Minweeks.<br />
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Is there some configuration files that this information can looked at.<br />
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How do you setup password controls in Solaris version 9? 
Password length, Password history, Account Lockout, Maxweeks, Minweeks.

Is there some configuration files that this information can looked at.



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