Had to reset my password on a couple of client servers today, and despite following the rules I get the message Your password failed to meet:  minimum of 2 non-alphabetic characters back from the AIX server (the Solaris box doesn't give error messages so just keeps prompting for new password)The passwords I have tried include things like arstdyfu12445!! so I'm definitely including non-alphabetic characters.
Why does this password fail AIX and Solaris rules
solaris;password;aix
An update from a colleague, which I have just tested:12arstdyfu445!! worksIt seems that for some legacy reason, the password strength rules need to be adhered to within the first 8 characters of the password.I will do some hunting around to see if this is applicable to all AIX and Solaris versions, but I hadn't managed to find an answer when googling through the IBM manuals available.