/etc/login.defs

# Please note that the parameters in this configuration file control the
# behavior of the tools from the shadow-utils component. None of these
# tools uses the PAM mechanism, and the utilities that use PAM (such as the
# passwd command) should therefore be configured elsewhere. Refer to
# /etc/pam.d/system-auth for more information.
# *REQUIRED*
#   Directory where mailboxes reside, _or_ name of file, relative to the
#   home directory.  If you _do_ define both, MAIL_DIR takes precedence.
#   QMAIL_DIR is for Qmail
#QMAIL_DIR      Maildir
MAIL_DIR        /var/spool/mail
#MAIL_FILE      .mail
# 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   90
PASS_MIN_DAYS   0
PASS_MIN_LEN    8
PASS_WARN_AGE   15
# Min/max values for automatic uid selection in useradd
UID_MIN                   500
UID_MAX                 60000
# Min/max values for automatic gid selection in groupadd
GID_MIN                   500
GID_MAX                 60000
# If defined, this command is run when removing a user.
# It should remove any at/cron/print jobs etc. owned by
# the user to be removed (passed as the first argument).
#USERDEL_CMD    /usr/sbin/userdel_local
# If useradd should create home directories for users by default
# On RH systems, we do. This option is overridden with the -m flag on
# useradd command line.
CREATE_HOME     yes
# The permission mask is initialized to this value. If not specified,
# the permission mask will be initialized to 022.
UMASK           077
# This enables userdel to remove user groups if no members exist.
#
USERGROUPS_ENAB yes
# Use SHA512 to encrypt password.
ENCRYPT_METHOD MD5
MD5_CRYPT_ENAB yes