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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
+#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
+PASS_MIN_DAYS	0
+PASS_MIN_LEN	5
+PASS_WARN_AGE	7
+
+#
+# Min/max values for automatic uid selection in useradd
+#
+UID_MIN			  500
+UID_MAX			60000
+
+#
+# Min/max values for automatic gid selection in groupadd
+#
+GID_MIN			  500
+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 overridden with the -m flag on
+# useradd command line.
+#
+CREATE_HOME	yes
+
+# The permission mask is initialized to this value. If not specified, 
+# the permission mask will be initialized to 022.
+UMASK           077
+
+# This enables userdel to remove user groups if no members exist.
+#
+USERGROUPS_ENAB yes