Red Hat DIRECTORY SERVER 7.1 - Passwordminage (Password Minimum Age); Passwordminlength (Password Minimum Length)

Core Server Configuration Attributes Reference
88 Red Hat Directory Server Configuration, Command, and File Reference • May 2005
For more information on password policies, see chapter 7, “User Account
Management,” in the Red Hat Directory Server Administrator’s Guide.
passwordMinAge (Password Minimum Age)
Indicates the number of seconds that must pass before a user can change their
password. Use this attribute in conjunction with the passwordInHistory
(Number of Passwords to Remember) attribute to prevent users from quickly
cycling through passwords so that they can use their old password again. A value
of zero ( 0 ) indicates that the user can change the password immediately.
For more information on password policies, see chapter 7, “User Account
Management,” in the Red Hat Directory Server Administrator’s Guide.
passwordMinLength (Password Minimum Length)
Specifies the minimum number of characters that must be used in Directory
Server user password attributes. In general, shorter passwords are easier to crack,
so you are recommended to set a password length of at least 6 or 7 characters.
This is long enough to be difficult to crack but short enough that users can
remember the password without writing it down.
For more information on password policies, see chapter 7, “User Account
Management,” in the Red Hat Directory Server Administrator’s Guide.
Entry DN: cn=config
Valid Range: 1 to maximum integer bind failures
Default Value: 3
Syntax: Integer
Example: passwordMaxFailure: 3
Entry DN: cn=config
Valid Range: 0 to valid maximum integer
Default Value: 0
Syntax: Integer
Example: passwordMinAge: 150