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default(4)
the settings system commands start from
Package: amxbase, added for amigaux.
NAME
default - the settings system commands start from
SYNOPSIS
/etc/default/command
DESCRIPTION
Each file in /etc/default holds the settings one system command starts with, one NAME=value a line; a line that starts with # is not in effect. The base package ships /etc/default/login; the other files (cron, passwd, su, tar) are the system's own and are described with their commands.
/etc/default/login
read by login(1) for every login:
- ULIMIT=blocks
- the largest file a login's processes may write, in 512-byte blocks. The base package sets 4194303, the largest file the ufs file system holds (2 GiB less 512 bytes); the system's own file leaves the line commented out, and a login is then held to the kernel's 524288 blocks (256 MiB), so writing a bigger file fails (EFBIG).
- CONSOLE=device
- when set, root may log in only there; commented out (as shipped), root may log in anywhere.
- PASSREQ=YES|NO
- whether every account must have a password.
- ALTSHELL=YES|NO
- whether SHELL is set to the account's own shell.
- HZ=n
- the clock rate passed on in the environment.
- TIMEZONE=zone
- a time zone for logins; commented out, the system's /etc/TIMEZONE applies.
- NOEXPIRE
- uncommented, no password expires.
An update of the base package keeps an edited /etc/default/login and puts the new default beside it as /etc/default/login.new.
FILES
- /etc/default/login
- the settings of login.
SEE ALSO
login(1), ulimit(1)
| 31 October 2026 | amix-base |