[OpenIndiana-discuss] Solaris 11 is out - so?

Alan Coopersmith alan.coopersmith at oracle.com
Sat Nov 12 00:09:44 UTC 2011


On 11/11/11 15:56, Harry Putnam wrote:
> sol11 will not let you chose your own passwd for root if it doesn't
> have either a number or special char in it.

Yes, passwd/PAM now enforces the password strength checks for root as it has
always done for normal users.   See passwd(1) & pam_authtok_check(5) for
details.

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	 Oracle Solaris Platform Engineering: X Window System




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