HP Sentry - Manual (Page 36)

Section 2 - 6 SENTRY User’s Guide
Fitzgerald & Long
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Each password must contain at least two alphabetic characters and at least one numeric or special
character.
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Each password must differ from the user name and from any reverse or circular shift of that name.
However, the System Administrator, (UID is zero) may create or change any password and those
passwords created by the superuser do not have to comply with password construction requirements.
6. passwd File Order - This field is used by the User Profile maintenance program. If the value of this
field is “Y”es, the names of the users are alphabetized in the UNIX passwd file. If you wish to maintain the
current order of the passwd file this field should be set to “N”o. The default and recommended value is
“Y”es. When alphabetized, the user “root” will be placed at the top of the passwd file.
7. group File Order - This field is used much the same as the passwd File Order field ( item 7). It is
used by the programs which create and modify users and groups. If the value of this field is “Y”es, the
names of the groups are alphabetized in the UNIX group file. If you wish to maintain the current order of
the group file this field should be set to “N”o. The default and recommended value is “Y”es.
8. User & Group Case - This field will contain LC (lower case), UC (upper case) or LIT (literal). It is
used by the programs which create and modify users and groups. When entering the name of a user or
group in User Profile or Groups screens the case of the name of the user or group will be set to the
appropriate one selected by this field regardless of the case used when entering the name. For example, if a
user name of TEST is entered in the User Profile screen, the case will be changed to “test” if this field is set
to “LC”. This parameter is intended to assist System Administrators who wish to be consistent in their
usage of case when creating users and groups. If you do not want SENTRY to alter the case for users and
groups set this field to “LIT” (literal). SENTRY will not alter the characters you have entered. The
default and recommended value for this field is “LC” (lower case).
9. Minimum user ID Length - This field contains a number defining the minimum number of characters
required for a user ID. A user ID must begin with an alphabetic character, contain no spaces and be
unique. This field is used to verify the length of the user ID in the User Profile data entry program. The
default and recommended value is 6.
10. Maximum user ID Length - This field contains a number defining the maximum number of
characters allowed for a user ID. Most UNIX systems allow up to 8 alphanumeric characters. This field is
used by the User Profile data entry screen to limit the length of user IDs created through SENTRY’s data
entry screens. The recommended and default value is 8.
11. Maximum Group Name Length - This value is used by the program to limit the number of
characters in group names. Group names are used only as a translation for the GID for such UNIX
utilities as “ls” and “id”. Some UNIX systems allow more than 8 character group names but we
recommend that your group names be no longer than 8 characters. The default and recommended value for
this field is 8.
12. Maximum UID Number - This field defines the largest number which may be used as a UID. This
maximum is a UNIX parameter. On some UNIX systems this number may be as large as 60,000.