Enter the following additional information for the password of a user account in an AIX system. This data is mapped in /etc/security/user.
Property |
Description |
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minlen |
Minimum number of characters a password must have. (Parameter minlen). |
maxrepeats |
Maximum number of characters that can be repeated in passwords. The default value 8 specifies that a maximum has not been fixed. (Parameter maxrepeats). |
mindiff |
Minimum number of unique characters that passwords must contain. (Parameter mindiff). |
minalpha |
Specifies the minimum number of alphabetical characters the password must contain. (Parameter minalpha). |
minloweralpha |
Specifies the minimum number of lowercase letters the password must contain. (Parameter minloweralpha). |
minupperalpha |
Specifies the minimum number of uppercase letters the password must contain. (Parameter minupperalpha). |
mindigit |
Specifies the minimum number of digits the password must contain. (Parameter mindigit). |
minspecialchar |
Specifies the minimum number of special characters the password must contain. (Parameter minspecialchar). |
minother |
Specifies the minimum number of non-alphabetical characters a new password must contain. (Parameter minother). |
dictionlist |
Dictionary file of passwords that are not allowed. (Parameter dictionlist). |
histexpire |
Number of weeks before a password can be reused. (Parameter histexpire). |
histsize |
Number of password iterations allowed before an old password can be used again. (Parameter histsize). |
minage |
Minimum number of weeks before a password can be changed. (Parameter minage). |
maxage |
Maximum number of weeks before a password must be changed. (Parameter maxage). |
maxexpired |
Maximum number of weeks beyond maxage that an expired password can be changed by the user. (Parameter maxexpired). |
pwdchecks |
Methods to apply to new passwords that check the password quality. The value contains a comma delimited list of method names. (Parameter pwdchecks). |
pwdwarntime |
Number of days before the system issues a warning that a password change is required. (Parameter pwdwarntime). |