* Ron Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > On Thu, 21 Feb 2002 17:16:38 -0600 Dimitri Maziuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > * Ron Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > > > Hi, > > > > > > On a multi-user system, how can I "turn off" an account? Not > > > remove it, though, since at a later time, it will have to be > > > re-enabled? While we're at it, how to you re-enable a disabled > > > account? > > > > File a bug against passwd, tell them to rewrite shadow(5) and > > passwd(5) manpages. > > ????? > > As others have pointed out, "passwd -l" locks an account, and it's > documented in "man passwd".
Yeah, and "killall" without parameters prints out a nice usage summary... try it on a real unix sometime. (Checking...) "passwd -l" does indeed work on IRIX and Solaris. There is no "passwd -u" on either. However, both IRIX and Solaris have "lock" string documented (albeit poorly) in manpages. Linux does not. I've given you the method that works on (at least) 3 flavours of Unix, and *it is not documented in Linux manpages*. [ SSH ] > How, if the password has been mangled? Again, IRIX manpage helpfully says "locking the password does not disable rhosts authentication". Linux manpages don't mention it. (I forgot to mention that one; hopefully you didn't enable it.) Like RSH (rhosts), SSH does not use password database (unless you tell it to). Dima -- One distinguishing characteristic of BOFHen is attention deficit disorder. Put me in front of something boring and I can find a near-infinite number of really creative ways to bugger off. -- ADB
