Open System Services System Calls Reference Manual (G06.29+, H06.08+, J06.03+)

Miscellaneous login.defs(5)
NAME
login.defs - The default login configuration file for the user management suite on OSS.
DESCRIPTION
The /etc/login.defs file contains the default values for login configurable variables used in the
user and alias management utilities. The default values are used in the absence of user-specified
values. The login.defs.sample file provides examples for setting variables.
FILE FORMAT
The file consists of variable, value duple entries. They are of the form <variable name> <value>,
specified one duple entry per line. Blank lines and comment lines are ignored. Comments begin
with the "#" sign as the first non-white character of the line.
SECTION DESCRIPTIONS
The utilities in the user management suite recognize following variables:
CREATE_HOME, PASS_MAX_DAYS, USERDEL_CMD, and UMASK.
RELATED INFORMATION
users (5), newusers(8), useradd(8), userdel(8), usermod(8).
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