/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.