Password Policies

A secure password policy minimizes the risks associated with easily-guessed passwords by enforcing the following:

• Users must change their passwords according to a schedule.

• Users must provide non-trivial passwords.

• Accounts may be locked after a number of binds with the wrong password.

Directory Server provides several ways to set password policy at any node in a tree and there are several ways to set the policy. For details refer following Directory Server documentation:

http://docs.sun.com/source/816-6700-10/aci.html#14773

http://docs.sun.com/source/816-6698-10/useracct.html#14386