Re: [Fed-Talk] How to use pwpolicy for setting local password policies?
Re: [Fed-Talk] How to use pwpolicy for setting local password policies?
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] How to use pwpolicy for setting local password policies?
- From: Michael Kluskens <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 14:56:59 -0400
On Jun 14, 2005, at 2:21 PM, Dan O'Donnell wrote:
The man page for pwpolicy states that I can use a simple command with
specified arguments, along the lines of the following (for a single
user
account):
A pre-Tiger reference:
Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] Common Criteria Tools
From: Shawn Geddis <email@hidden>
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 14:45:59 -0500
The pwpolicy command has indeed been a Mac OS X Server only command
up until specific needs existed for password enforcement on a local
machine. As it exists *on the client side*, it does not support
every option listed in the man page. The Common Criteria Admin
Guide covers those options required for Certification.
I will be providing clarification on what all is supported as of
this release and what everyone can expect going forward. This would
be posted to this list and to the Federal Website.
One point I should make: we have ALWAYS had specific needs for
password enforcement on all desktop computers, that Apple was unable
to deliver password enforcement in OS X 10.0.0 through OS X 10.3.9
for non-centrally managed workstation is not good, all of our other
Unix workstations have that ability.
The question now is does pwpolicy work for OS X 10.4.1 for a non-
centrally managed desktop.
Side note on Spotlight: When I first typed "pwpolicy" into the OS X
Mail search box it only found the Jun 14 message, so then I went to
the archives and used the search there <http://search.lists.apple.com/
>. Upon finding this Feb. 17 message in the archives I went to my
OS X Mail box which contains both messages and found this Feb. 17
message, now of course the OS X Mail search can find the message, now
that I found it. I have commonly found that these fancy new search
engines can't find most non-english words without being primed for
them first.
michael
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