Boot Settings; Login Settings - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 11 - SECURITY Manual

Password Age
Activate password expiration by specifying a minimum and a maximum time limit
(in days). By setting the minimum age to a value greater than 0 days, you can pre-
vent users from immediately changing their passwords again (and in doing so cir-
cumventing the password expiration). Use the values 0 and 99999 to deactivate
password expiration.
Days Before Password Expires Warning
When a password expires, the user receives a warning in advance. Specify the
number of days prior to the expiration date that the warning should be issued.

8.4 Boot Settings

Configure which users will be able to shutdown the machine via the graphical login
manager in this dialog. You can also specify how Ctrl + Alt + Del will be interpreted.

8.5 Login Settings

This dialog lets you configure security-related login settings:
Delay after Incorrect Login Attempt
In order to make it difficult to guess a user's password by repeatedly logging in, it
is recommended to delay the display of the login prompt that follows an incorrect
login. Specify the value in seconds. Make sure that users who have mistyped their
passwords do not need to wait too long.
Record Successful Login Attempts
With this option turned on, the last successful login attempt is recorded in /var/
log/lastlog and displayed when logging in. This data is also used by the
command finger.
NOTE
Please note that logging to /var/log/wtmp is not affected by this option.
This file collects login dates, login times and reboot dates. The content of
/var/log/wtmp can be displayed by using the command last.
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