Minimum non-alphabetic characters (UNIX)

Module: Password Strength

This check reports agents and users that have set the minimum number of non-alphabetic characters required in passwords to be smaller than a specified minimum number. It also reports agents that have not set a minimum number. This check is available on AIX systems and Solaris 10 only.

The following table lists the error messages for the check.

Table: Error messages for Minimum non-alphabetic characters

Message String ID and Category

Platform and Message Numeric ID

Message Title and Description

Additional Information

String ID: STKU_NO_MINOTHER

Category: ESM Error

UNIX (5352)

Title: Invalid minimum number of non-alphabetic characters

Description:The accounts listed have not been assigned a proper value for the minimum number of non-alphabetic characters in the user password. Your policy should assign a proper value to increase the overall security of the system.

Severity: yellow-1

Correctable: false

Snapshot Updatable: false

Template Updatable: false

Information Field Format: [%s]

String ID: STKU_NOTSUPPORT_MINOTHER

Category: ESM Error

UNIX (5362)

Title: Minimum Number of Non-Alphabetic Characters not supported

Description:The agent does not support the check for Minimum Number of Non-Alphabetic Characters.

Severity: green-0

Correctable: false

Snapshot Updatable: false

Template Updatable: false

Information Field Format: [%s]