Marking invalid as the comment in login.defs says these are handled by pam.
** Changed in: shadow (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to shadow in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/73024 Title: unknown item 'FAIL_DELAY' Status in shadow package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Some package doesn't understand FAIL_DELAY in /etc/login.defs. On logging in the terminal session (CTRL+ALT+F*) a message "configuration error - unknown item 'FAIL_DELAY' (notify administrator)" appears. The same happens if I use su. If I comment the appropriate line in /etc/login.defs, the message doesn't appear. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/+bug/73024/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp