ESX 4: password policy

Password aging controls:

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1. PASS_MAX_DAYS   Maximum number of days a password may be used.
2. PASS_MIN_DAYS   Minimum number of days allowed between password changes.
3. PASS_MIN_LEN    Minimum acceptable password length.
4. PASS_WARN_AGE   Number of days warning given before a password expires.

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PASS_MAX_DAYS   99999

PASS_MIN_DAYS   0

PASS_MIN_LEN    5

PASS_WARN_AGE   7
You can check this in your installation doing, in the service console, cat /etc/login.defs.

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