Hi I am new with Solaris. The super user forced me to change new password (after 90 days) from old password. The password requires 8 characters at least. I changed it to new password However, I want my password with 4 characters So I modified /ect/default/passwd and /usr/lib/passwd/passwd.conf by changing 3 from 8 After rebooting the system, I used command passwd to change the new password. But the system seem likes to be confused when I entered the password less than 8 characters. The system did not accept the new password How do I set the password with less than 8 characters ? Thank you for your instructions.

here is the way I did it Set the Password Policy # vi /etc/default/passwd Before: MAXWEEKS= MINWEEKS= PASSLENGTH=6 After: MAXWEEKS=8 MINWEEKS=1 PASSLENGTH=8 WARNWEEKS=1

The length of roots password is not affected by the settings in /etc/default/passwd. Restore the original settings in /usr/lib/passwd/passwd.conf and /etc/default/passwd. If your root password still is not working let me know and I will help you boot from the cdrom and take care of it that way.