/etc/security/ files don't seem to be consulted

[David Wright <d.wright@open.ac.uk>]

The contents of /etc/security/* look interesting for people who want
to limit when, where and how users can login. However, on my system
ls -lu reports

-rw-r--r--  1 root   root     2138 Jul 25 17:10 /etc/security/access.conf
-rw-r--r--  1 root   root     2145 Jul 25 17:10 /etc/security/group.conf
-rw-r--r--  1 root   root     1356 Jul 25 17:10 /etc/security/limits.conf
-rw-r--r--  1 root   root     2858 Aug  8 10:35 /etc/security/pam_env.conf
-rw-r--r--  1 root   root     2489 Jul 27 18:58 /etc/security/time.conf

where Jul 25 17:10 is about the time I built the system, Jul 27 18:58 is
the last time I booted, and Aug  8 10:35 is when I tried logging on to
another VC just to check that this file *is* read occasionally.

Fiddling with access.conf (at home) and /etc/login.defs to try, say,
allowing a user only su access (no logging in) did not work. (The
timestamps above are from a machine in my office.)

Cheers,

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