Hi,

We're looking at the possibilities to implement our "Authentication and
Password Policy" on Solaris systems. We have mainly Solaris 8 systems
much more than Solaris 9 systems.

My question is if it is possible to implement such policy stated below:

--
Passwords that validate a candidate username's access to <ourCompany>
systems shall be at a minimum six characters in length for functional
users, 8 characters for administrators. Passwords shall include at
least two alphabetic, one numeric or special character (e.g., an
asterisk or a dash), and may contain at least one upper case and one
lower case character. Systems shall prohibit the use of simpler
passwords.
--

I wonder if anyone has experience with this kind of implementation on
Solaris 8/9 systems. If yes, would you recommend local solution or
Identity Management usage?

Thanks in advance,

-Bora

Bora-You should be able to implement via solaris mamagement console's
user template.  The JASS Tool (download via sun for free) also has
implementation for passwd authentication mechanisms.  

Cheers-BR