etc/login.defs 文件是当创建用户时的一些规划，比如创建用户时，是否需要家目录，UID和GID的范围；用户的期限等等，这个文件是可以通过root来定义的；

比如Fedora 的 /etc/logins.defs 文件内容；

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# *REQUIRED* # Directory where mailboxes reside, _or_ name of file, relative to the # home directory. If you _do_ define both, MAIL_DIR takes precedence. # QMAIL_DIR is for Qmail # #QMAIL_DIR Maildir MAIL_DIR /var/spool/mail 注：创建用户时，要在目录/var/spool/mail中创建一个用户mail文件； #MAIL_FILE .mail # Password aging controls: # # PASS_MAX_DAYS Maximum number of days a password may be used. # PASS_MIN_DAYS Minimum number of days allowed between password changes. # PASS_MIN_LEN Minimum acceptable password length. # PASS_WARN_AGE Number of days warning given before a password expires. # PASS_MAX_DAYS 99999 注：用户的密码不过期最多的天数； PASS_MIN_DAYS 0 注：密码修改之间最小的天数； PASS_MIN_LEN 5 注：密码最小长度； PASS_WARN_AGE 7 注： # # Min/max values for automatic uid selection in useradd # UID_MIN 500 注：最小UID为500 ，也就是说添加用户时，UID 是从500开始的； UID_MAX 60000 注：最大UID为60000； # # Min/max values for automatic gid selection in groupadd # GID_MIN 500 注：GID 是从500开始； GID_MAX 60000 # # If defined, this command is run when removing a user. # It should remove any at/cron/print jobs etc. owned by # the user to be removed (passed as the first argument). # #USERDEL_CMD /usr/sbin/userdel_local # # If useradd should create home directories for users by default # On RH systems, we do. This option is ORed with the -m flag on # useradd command line. # CREATE_HOME yes 注：是否创用户家目录，要求创建；