Passwords that are hard to remember are often written down somewhere, which compromises system security. In such a case, the administrator should set minother to 0. Since most words in this dictionary file do not contain characters that fall into the minother category, setting minother to 1 or more would eliminate the need for the vast majority of words in this dictionary file. Restrictions are extended by adding subroutines, known as methods, which are called during a password change. To properly extend the password composition restrictions, the system administrator must program this interface when writing a password restriction method.
Caution is advised in extending the password composition restrictions.
These extensions directly affect the login command, the passwd command, the su command, and other programs. The security of the system could easily be subverted by malicious or defective code. Only use code that you trust. All audit events recorded for this user are labeled with this ID and should be examined when you generate audit records. Operating System and Devices for more information about login user IDs.