HP UX Bastille User Manual page 36

AccountSecurity.NUMBER_OF_LOGINS_ALLOWEDyn
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AccountSecurity.PASSWORD_HISTORY_DEPTH
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AccountSecurity.PASSWORD_HISTORY_DEPTHyn
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AccountSecurity.PASSWORD_MAXDAYS
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AccountSecurity.PASSWORD_MINDAYS
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AccountSecurity.PASSWORD_WARNDAYS
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Set a maximum number of logins per user.
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Sets the NUMBER_OF_LOGINS_ALLOWEDyn parameter.
None.
Set the password history depth.
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The PASSWORD_HISTORY_DEPTH parameter controls the password history
depth. A new password is checked against the number of most recently used
passwords stored in password history for a particular user. Users are not
allowed to reuse a stored, previously used password.
Sets the parameter PASSWORD_HISTORY_DEPTH in the /etc/default/
security file.
Set a password history depth.
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Sets the PASSWORD_HISTORY_DEPTHyn parameter.
None.
Set the maximum number of days between password changes.
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This parameter controls the default maximum number of days that passwords
are valid. For systems running HP-UX 11.11and HP-UX 11.0, setting this value
requires conversion to trusted mode. For HP-UX 11.22 and later, shadowed
password conversion is required. This parameter applies only to local non-root
users.
Sets the parameter PASSWORD_MAXDAYS in the /etc/default/security
file.
Set the minimum number of days between password changes.
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This parameter controls the default minimum number of days until a password
can be changed. For systems running HP-UX 11.11 and HP-UX 11.0, setting
this value requires conversion to trusted mode. For HP-UX 11.22 and later,
shadowed password conversion is required. This parameter applies only to
local non-root users. When used with password aging, prevents users from
immediately resetting expired passwords.
Sets the parameter PASSWORD_MINDAYS in the /etc/default/security
file.
Set the number of days a user will be warned that their password will expire.
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