Minimum special characters (UNIX)

Module: Password Strength

This check reports agents that have set the minimum number of special characters (non-alpha and non-digit) passwords to be less than a specified minimum number. It also reports agents that have not set a minimum number. This check is available on Solaris 10 and HP-UX 11+ only.

The following table lists the error messages for the check.

Table: Error messages for Minimum special characters

Message String ID and Category

Platform and Message Numeric ID

Message Title and Description

Additional Information

String ID: STKU_NO_MINSPECIAL

Category: ESM Error

UNIX (5378)

Title: Invalid minimum number of special characters

Description:The agent listed has not been assigned a proper value for the minimum number of password characters that must be special characters (non-alpha and non-digit). 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_MINSPECIAL

Category: ESM Error

UNIX (5379)

Title: Minimum Number of Special Characters not supported

Description:The agent does not support the check for Minimum Number of Special Charaters.

Severity: green-0

Correctable: false

Snapshot Updatable: false

Template Updatable: false

Information Field Format: [%s]