Minimum upper case characters (UNIX)

Module: Password Strength

This check reports agents that have set the minimum number of upper case characters in 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 upper case characters

Message String ID and Category

Platform and Message Numeric ID

Message Title and Description

Additional Information

String ID: STKU_NO_MINUPPER

Category: ESM Error

UNIX (5372)

Title: Invalid minimum number of upper case characters

Description:The agent listed has not been assigned a proper value for the minimum number of password characters that must be in upper case. 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_MINUPPER

Category: ESM Error

UNIX (5373)

Title: Minimum Number of Upper Case Characters not supported

Description:The agent does not support the check for Minimum Number of Upper Case Characters.

Severity: green-0

Correctable: false

Snapshot Updatable: false

Template Updatable: false

Information Field Format: [%s]