Password-Quality Checker; Starting, Stopping, And Restarting Certificate System Subsystems; Starting A Server Instance; Stopping A Server Instance - Red Hat CERTIFICATE SYSTEM 7.2 - ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual

Chapter 3. Administrative Basics

3.3.2. Password-Quality Checker

A Certificate System plug-in, password-quality checker, monitors the quality of passwords set within
the Certificate System. All passwords used in the Certificate System are checked by the password-
quality checker, which by default checks that the length of a password is at least 8 characters long.
There are no checks regarding which characters are valid or invalid. Trying to set passwords that do
not meet the quality rules returns an error message.
NOTE
The TPS subsystem does not have a password-quality checker.
The Certificate System enforces password quality on only those passwords that it creates and
manages. Passwords for LDAP directory access are not subjected to quality checks. In an LDAP
directory access, the remote directory enforces the quality of the password because it is created and
managed by the directory.
To customize the required quality of passwords, use the plug-in for the password-quality checker
included as a sample in the CS SDK.
3.4. Starting, Stopping, and Restarting Certificate System
Subsystems
Each Certificate System subsystem instance is started, stopped, and restarted separately. This section
describes how to start, stop, and restart a subsystem instance.

3.4.1. Starting a Server Instance

A subsystem instance is started like other system programs. To start an instance:
1. Log in as root.
2. Run /etc/init.d/, specifying the instance name. For example, for an instance named rhpki-
ca, the command is as follows:
/etc/init.d/rhpki-ca start

3.4.2. Stopping a Server Instance

A subsystem instance is stopped like other system programs. To stop an instance:
1. Log in as root.
2. Run /etc/init.d/, specifying the instance name. For example, for an instance named rhpki-
ca, the command is as follows:
/etc/init.d/rhpki-ca stop

3.4.3. Restarting a Server Instance

A subsystem instance is stopped like other system programs. To stop an instance:
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