In a default standalone installation of Oracle Solaris 11, what is the default minimum length in characters of a user password, and where is the minimum password length defined?

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• ADefault minimum length is 8, and is defined in /etc/default/password.
• BDefault minimum length is 6, and is defined in /etc/default/password.
• CDefault minimum length is 8, and is defined in /etc/shadow.
• DDefault minimum length is 6, and is defined in /etc/shadow.
• EDefault minimum length is 8, and is defined in /usr/sadm/defadduser.
• FDefault minimum length is 6, and is defined in /usr/sadm/defadduser.

• A
  3% (1)
• B
  71% (24)
• C
  9% (3)
• D
  15% (5)
• E
  3% (1)

Explanation

By default, the passwd command assumes a minimum length of six characters. You can use the PASSLENGTH default in the /etc/defaults/passwd files to change that by setting the minimum number of characters that a user's password must contain to some other number.

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