[Techtalk] password aging, limiting login retries, /etc/pam.d follies

[Carla Schroder]

I want to set password defaults: limit login attempts and set the expiration 
interval. I also want to make useradd -m (create a homedir) the default. Back 
in ye olden daze we used /etc/login.defs. Simple. Easy. Now 
there's /etc/pam.d/  and I just don't get it. I read the The Linux-PAM System 
Administrators' Guide, and I'm not fooled, that's a programmer's guide. Help, 
please. :)

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Carla Schroder
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