Archana Shah <archana.shah at wipro.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> When a user changes the password, it has to follow certain rules like
> ; the password should not be less than 8 characters and it should not
> be based on the username etc..
>
> I want root user also to follow the password construction rules
> i.e. When changing any users' passwd as root user, it should still
> follow those rules.  How do i make this work ? Could somebody help me
> please ..

Your best bet is to setup PAM to use authtok_check. IIRC, it can
do everything pam_passwdqc does in linux. The root restrictions
you need can also be done through pam.conf tweaks.

The pam(3pam) man page and/or docs.sun.com can tell you more.

cheers
Binu

> Regards,
> Archana.
>
>
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