Etc Default Login

/etc/default/login. This file may contain the following parameters that define a user's login environment: ALTSHELL Alternate shell status available to users (``yes'' or ``no''). CONSOLE Root login allowed only at the console terminal. DISABLETIME Number of seconds to sleep after a failed login. HZ Number of clock ticks per second. IDLEWEEKS

The /etc/login.defs file provides default configuration information for several user account parameters. The useradd, usermod, userdel, and groupadd commands, and other user and group utilities take default values from this file. Each line consists of a directive name and associated value.

/etc/default/login. Controls system login policies, including root access. The default is to limit root access to the console. /etc/default/passwd. Controls default policy on password aging /etc/default/su. Controls which root (su) access to the system will be logged and where it will be displayed

/etc/default/login The /etc/default/login file is login’s configuration file. Not much in a UNIX system is more important than login. The configuration settings should be set to values that would make … - Selection from Solaris 8 Security [Book]

Hi All, in SCO Machines there is a file /etc/default/password that contains the information about the length and aging of user passwords and the availability of the passwd command for changing user passwords like MINWEEKS, MAXWEEKS, PASSLENGTH, WARNWEEKS, LOGIN_ONLY. Is there some such file n HP-U...

The /etc/defaults/passwd File. The /etc/defaults/passwd file is used to set four general password defaults for users whose nsswitch.conf file points to files.The defaults set by the /etc/defaults/passwd file apply only to those users whose operative password information is taken from /etc files; they do not apply to anyone using either NIS maps or NIS+ tables.

In Debian, /etc/default/ is a directory of mostly empty files. The way it is meant to work is that each /etc/init.d/test script first sources /etc/default/test before starting/stopping the test service. The purpose of the file is to provide extra options for starting the service, …

AIX® does not store encrypted passwords in the /etc/passwd file in the way that UNIX systems do, but in the /etc/security/passwd 1 file by default, which is only readable by the root user. The password filed in /etc/passwd is used by AIX to signify if there is a password or whether the account is blocked.

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