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etc/login.defs: Remove defaults for password expiration #1428

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etc/login.defs: Remove defaults for password expiration
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etc/login.defs: Group password strength controls
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21 changes: 4 additions & 17 deletions etc/login.defs
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Expand Up @@ -206,19 +206,6 @@ UMASK 022
# If HOME_MODE is not set, the value of UMASK is used to create the mode.
#HOME_MODE 0700

#
# Password aging controls:
#
# PASS_MAX_DAYS Maximum number of days a password may be used.
# PASS_MIN_DAYS Minimum number of days allowed between password changes.
# PASS_MIN_LEN Minimum acceptable password length.
# PASS_WARN_AGE Number of days warning given before a password expires.
#
PASS_MAX_DAYS 99999
PASS_MIN_DAYS 0
PASS_MIN_LEN 5
PASS_WARN_AGE 7

#
# If "yes", the user must be listed as a member of the first gid 0 group
# in /etc/group (called "root" on most Linux systems) to be able to "su"
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -269,15 +256,15 @@ LOGIN_TIMEOUT 60
PASS_CHANGE_TRIES 5

#
# Warn about weak passwords (but still allow them) if you are root.
# Password strength controls:
#
# Warn about weak passwords (but still allow them) if you are root.
PASS_ALWAYS_WARN yes

#
# Minimum acceptable password length.
PASS_MIN_LEN 5
# Number of significant characters in the password for crypt().
# Default is 8, don't change unless your crypt() is better.
# Only used for DES encryption algorithm.
#
#PASS_MAX_LEN 8

#
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