per the docs, usermod -D -x "{passwdExpirationTime value}" sets a
default password expiration for users.

yet when i set this to say, 120 (e.g. usermod -D -x "{passwdExpirationTime
120}" - users that get written to /etc/shadow (thereafter) do not have this
field for expiration filled in. i'm not expecting it to touch pre-existing
users, but don't see the point of setting a default if it does nothing but
print something on the priv-auth interactive screen.

usermod -x "{passwdExpirationTime value} username does write to /etc/shadow
as epected.

tested on openserver 5 - have not played with on openserver 6 to see if
behaves similar...

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