Enhanced System Security

The introduction of the password management feature to the ChorusOS operating system provides enhanced system security. The password management feature uses the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP).

The ldap.conf file contains information about the location of the LDAP server for password management in the ChorusOS operating system. For more information. see the hosts(4CC)ldap.conf(4CC) man page.

Password Management

Version 5.0 of the ChorusOS operating system includes the ability to manage user passwords through its password management feature. Related files are located in /etc/master.passwd and /etc/group. These files enable more flexible security management, in addition to the standard /etc/security file. You can enable the password management feature by running pwd_mkdb(1M).

For more information on the implementation of password management in the ChorusOS operating system, see "System Administration in the Extended Profile" in the ChorusOS 5.0 System Administrator's Guide.