Default Password Security 1

[spamly]

I'd like to modify the default account attributes for all new users on my AIX systems. I suppose I can manually edit the "default" entry in the /etc/security/user file, but is there a better way to do this? It looks like the chuser command doesn't work against the "default" user (go figure, there isn't a "default" user). Is editing the /etc/security/user file manually recommended in this case? How are you admins doing this?

 

[LinuAIX]

That is how I have always done it, but then I am a bit of a Cowboy and do not always use the tools to do what vi allows me to do. I have never user the proper tool to edit inittab and have never had a problem.

The actual command to change the default user stanza is:

/usr/bin/chuser -f /etc/security/user -s default -a (some attribute you wish to change) "minlen=6"

LinuAIX

 

[spamly]

That's exactly what I was looking for! Thanks!

 

[spamly]

The chuser didn't work for me, but chsec works fine. You definately pointed me in the right direction.

/usr/bin/chsec -f /etc/security/user -s default -a "minlen=0"

 

[LinuAIX]

Details details right! Sorry for the slight miss lead. Glad you saw through the forest and found the tree.