/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

Number of weeks a password may remain unchanged before the user is denied access to the system.

LOGFAILURES

Number of failed login attempts allowed.

MANDPASS

Mandatory password required for logins. The original value is ``no''. If the value is ``yes'', any attempt to log in to an account that does not have a password will fail. This supersedes the effect of PASSREQ.

MAXTRYS

Maximum number of login attempts permitted.

PASSREQ

Password requirement on logins (``yes'' or ``no'').

PATH

User's default PATH.

SLEEPTIME

Number of seconds to sleep before printing an error message.

SUPATH

Root's default PATH.

TIMEOUT

Number of seconds allowed for logging in before a timeout occurs.

TIMEZONE

Time zone used within the user's environment.

ULIMIT

File size limit (ulimit).

UMASK

User's value for umask.