I agree with Bettina, using usermod is MUCH better than editing the
/etc/passwd file.
You'll just need to setup /etc/sudoers.conf to allow the php program to run
usermod. Actually, I'd write a script. maybe call it 'disable_user' and
'enable_user'
and setup sudo to allow THAT script to be run.
Jim McQuillan
j...@ltsp.org
On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 11:01 AM, Bettina Lapp <
bettina.l...@bibliothek.uni-augsburg.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would suggest an alternative, using pam_access.so, which would
> probably still require a script or something to be executed with root
> privileges, but would not mess with /etc/passwd.
>
> - enable pam_access in /etc/pam.d/common-account
> account required pam_access.so
>
> - edit /etc/security/access.conf
> example line: -:username:ALL
>
> man pages can be found here http://linux.die.net/man/8/pam_access and
> http://linux.die.net/man/5/access.conf
>
> The proper way to lock a user account btw would be:
> usermod --lock --expiredate 1 username
>
> to unlock:
> usermod --unlock --expiredate 99999
>
> see also http://linux.die.net/man/8/usermod
>
> This would not only disable the password, but also prevent logins via
> pubkey etc.
>
> Using access.conf is much more flexible though imho.
>
> regards, Bettina
> Am 09.11.2012 16:45, schrieb Jan Middelkoop:
> > ....
>
> >> And any other ideas would be welcomed too, even including "What! Don't
> >> do it!".
>
>
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