Set console password policies Linux deployment

MattPeterson · October 31, 2013, 12:46am

(imported topic written by MattPeterson)

Is there a way to set password policies for local console users when the main BES server is installed in Linux? I found the article below, but it looks like it only applies to Windows.

https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#/wiki/Tivoli%20Endpoint%20Manager/page/Console%20User%20Password%20Policies

greenb · November 22, 2013, 11:08am

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There’s no built in way to do this, as far as I know. If you figure out a shell command to do that though, you can deploy it to all of your machines.

MattPeterson · November 22, 2013, 5:33pm

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Brian, I’m trying to set IEM console user password policies, not change anything on the clients.

greenb · November 22, 2013, 10:57pm

(imported comment written by BrianPGreen)

Sorry, I misunderstood. Yes, it’s still possible using the ‘iem’ tool and the REST api, but it’s a little convoluted. Here’s an example shell script that can do it:

gist.github.com

https://gist.github.com/briangreenery/7605842

set_password_policy.sh

#!/bin/sh

# The location of the iem tool
IEM=/opt/BESServer/bin/iem

# The password regex
REGEX="A+B+"

# The password description
DESCRIPTION="Your password needs some As then some Bs"

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