Configuring default expiry data for useradd for Red Hat or CentOS only

The /etc/default/useradd file has the rest of the default settings. In this case, we'll look at the one from the CentOS machine:

Ubuntu also has the useradd configuration file, but it doesn't work. No matter how you configure it, the Ubuntu version of useradd just won't read it. So, the write-up about this file only applies to Red Hat or CentOS.

# useradd defaults file
GROUP=100
HOME=/home 
INACTIVE=-1 
EXPIRE= 
SHELL=/bin/bash 
SKEL=/etc/skel 
CREATE_MAIL_SPOOL=yes

The EXPIRE= line sets the default expiration date for new user accounts. By default, there is no default expiration date. INACTIVE=-1 means that user accounts won't be automatically locked out after the users' passwords expire. If we set this to a positive number, then any new users will have that many days to change an expired...