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System default files

/etc/default/passwd

This file contains the following information about the length and aging of user passwords and the availability of the passwd command for changing user passwords:


MINWEEKS
Minimum number of weeks before a password can be changed.

MAXWEEKS
Maximum number of weeks a password can be unchanged.

PASSLENGTH
Minimum number of characters in a password.

WARNWEEKS
Number of weeks before a password expires that the user is to be warned.

LOGIN_ONLY
If this parameter exists and its value is equal to Yes, an unprivileged user can change passwords only by invoking the login(1) command with the -p option. If it does not exist, or its value is anything other than the string Yes (including NULL), an unprivileged user can change passwords using the passwd(1) command.

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