On 8/21/13 11:31 AM, Robert Sanders wrote:
I thought the values in login.defs are used at account creation, at
least in regard to the min/max/warn/expire values. Once the account is created the
min/max/warn/expire/invalid fields of the users entry in /etc/shadow would be effective,
but those values had to originate somewhere. Just editing /etc/login.defs shouldn't
impact existing accounts.
Correct.